Kukushkin d. Sandgren

Kukushkin beat Sandgren 6-4, 6-3 in the first round at the Chengdu Open - Chengdu. Kukushkin won 66 of 124 points (53%). Kukushkin hit 0 aces to 8 and won 70% of points behind the first serve (23/33) against 77% for Sandgren. The second serve told: 59% won for Kukushkin, 30% for Sandgren. Kukushkin converted 4 of 8 break points and saved 0 of 1 faced; Sandgren converted 1 of 1. The match was played on hard in China.