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Denis Istomin #73 def. Mikhail Kukushkin #88

6-2 2-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 1, 2016*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	Q2
Winner	Denis Istomin
Score	6-2 2-6 6-3
Loser	Mikhail Kukushkin
Duration	1h 56m

Stat	Denis Istomin	Mikhail Kukushkin
Aces	4	0
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	71	70
First serve points won %	69	56
Second serve points won %	46	56
Break points saved %	62	71
Break points converted %	29	38
Service points won %	62	56
Return points won %	44	38
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Denis Istomin	Mikhail Kukushkin
Country	UZB	KAZ
Birth date	Sep 7, 1986	Dec 26, 1987
Age	29	28
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	73	88
Ranking points (entering)	721	623
Elo (entering)	1,678	1,764
Career W-L	191–245	144–218
Career earnings	$6,339,469	$7,566,992

Pre-match H2H

Denis Istomin 2 – 3 Mikhail Kukushkin

Path

Denis Istomin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2016	Q1	Albert Montanes	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Denis Istomin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2016	R64	Teymuraz Gabashvili	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mikhail Kukushkin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2016	Q1	Inigo Cervantes Huegun	6-3 6-7(3) 7-5	W	—	Match data