Kukushkin crashes out of Swedish Open
19:38, 9 July 2014
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin, currently ranked 52nd in the world, has crashed out of the first round of the Swedish Open, Kazinform has learnt from Sports.kz.
The 26-year-old Kukushkin lost to world №310 Elias Ymer in straight sets 3:6, 5:7 in Bastad, Sweden. The Swedish athlete needed only 1h 21min to send Kukushkin packing.
Up next for Ymer is Joao Sousa of Portugal who also advanced to round two of the tournament.