Yuta Shimizu - Mikhail Kukushkin: forecast and bet on the tournament in the USA

In the quarterfinals of the challenger in the USA, Mikhail Kukushkin from Kazakhstan will play against Yuta Shimizu from Japan.

Yuta Shimizu

The 23-year-old representative of Japan feels very confident at the tournament in Tyler. Shimizu started this tournament on the sixth of June, in the 1/16 finals Utah defeated Mariusz Kopila from Romania – 6:2; 6:1. And the day before yesterday in the 1/8 finals Shimizu beat Alex Bolt from Australia in two sets – 7:6 (7:5); 6:3. In the first set already at the score was 0:1 in games, the tennis players exchanged breaks. After that, Yuta and Alex worked competently on their serves, as a result, the game turned out to be protracted and it came to a tie-break, where the Japanese played a little more stable and still took the set. In the second set, Shimizu and Bolt worked a little competently on their serves, and already with the score 3:2 in games, the Japanese made a break and led with a score of 5:2. Then Utah easily brought the match to victory. The tennis players spent one hour and forty minutes on the court.

Mikhail Kukushkin

The 35-year-old representative of Kazakhstan, in turn, made a small sensation in the 1/8 finals the day before yesterday. Mikhail was able to win a strong-willed victory over Mark Polmans from Australia in three sets – 2:6; 6:4; 6:2. At the very beginning of the match, with the score 0:1 in games, Kukushkin almost lost a game on his serve, but Mikhail was able to pull himself together and pulled the game from the score 15:40. However, even with the score 1:2 in games, the representative of Kazakhstan still lost the game on his serve and thus he settled for the score 1:4. With the score 2:5 in games, Kukushkin again lost the game on his serve and thus Mikhail lost the game with a fairly large difference. In the second set, Kukushkin and Polmans worked competently on their serves for quite a long time, but with the score 4:4 in games, Mikhail made the coveted break, and then the representative of Kazakhstan confidently served for a set and equalized the score in the match. In the decisive set, Kukushkin and Polmans worked a little competently on their serves, and from the score of 2:2 on games, Mikhail made a breakthrough and made two consecutive breaks, which allowed him to reach the score of 5:2. After that, Kukushkin calmly submitted for the match. The tennis players spent two hours and fifteen minutes on the court.

Forecast

In this match, Mikhail Kukushkin is considered a small favorite among bookmakers, which is quite fair. If an experienced representative of Kazakhstan continues to show a fairly stable game, he is quite capable of reaching the semifinals of the tournament in Tyler.