Kazakhstan's Kukushkin suffers early defeat in Great Britain
08:53, 17 June 2014
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - The world's №49 Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan has advanced to the second round of the ATP tournament in Eastbourne, Great Britain, Sports.kz web portal says.
In the first-round match the 27-year-old Istomin downed Mikhail Kukushkin from Kazakhstan in three sets 7:6, 6:7, 6:3.
The Uzbek athlete needed 2 h 37 min to route the 26-year-old Kukushkin. Istomin earned two break points and served 12 aces, whereas Kazakh tennis pro served seven aces and made one double fault.
Istomin will next play Guillermo Garcia-Lopez from Spain.