In the 1/16 challenger finals in the USA, Mikhail Kukushkin from Kazakhstan will play against Michael Zheng from the USA.
Michael ZhengThe young representative of the USA made his way to the main draw of the tournament in Little Rock through qualification.
On the night of May 28-29, in the semifinals of qualification, Zheng made a sensation and beat Mariusz Kopila from Romania in two sets – 6:3; 6:4. And last night in the final of qualification, Michael beat Duarte Vale from Portugal in three sets – 6:4; 6:7 (3:7); 6:3. At the very beginning of the match, Zheng made a break and led 2-0 in games. In the middle of the game with the score 3:2, the tennis players exchanged breaks, and then Michael stabilized the game on his serve and calmly brought the game to victory. In the second set, Zheng and Vale worked competently on their serves for a long time, as a result, the game turned out to be protracted. With a score of 5:5 by games, Michael made a break, but then the American could not serve for the match. It eventually came to a tie-break, where the Portuguese played more stable, which allowed him to take the set and even the score in the match. At the very beginning of the decisive set, Zheng made a break again, which allowed him to reach the score 3-0 in games. After that, the American already worked competently on his serve, which brought him victory in the match. The tennis players spent two and a half hours on the court.
Mikhail KukushkinThe 35-year-old representative of Kazakhstan, in turn, is just getting ready to start at the tournament in the USA.
Kukushkin is not in the best shape right now, Mikhail has lost three matches in a row on the dirt and has now decided to move to hard. The last time Kukushkin played on the eighth of May at the dirt challenger in Italy. Then Mikhail already in the 1/16 finals in two sets lost to the Italian Lorenzo Giustino – 5:7; 1:6.
ForecastIn this match, Mikhail Kukushkin, of course, is considered by the bookmakers to be an extremely clear favorite.
Due to the higher class, the representative of Kazakhstan may well win with a score of 2:0 in sets. We suggest you take a chance and bet on a similar outcome.
Lorenzo Giustino
Mikhail Kukushkin
Alvaro Lopez San Martin
Gabriel Debru
Norbert Gombos
Altug Celikbilek
Liam Broady
Dellien H.
Yosuke Watanuki
James Duckworth
Leandro Riedi
Marton Fucsovics
Jurij Rodionov
Michael Geerts
David Poljak
Hanfmann Y.
Evgeny Karlovskiy
Tanapatt Nirundorn
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Michael Zheng
Gonzalo Bueno
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Adolfo Daniel
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William Jansen
Borys Zgola
Mili Poljicak
Chak Wong
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Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez
