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Mikhail Kukushkin, the rising star

Former citizen of the Russian Federation, tennis player Kukushkin Michael is now very worthy of defending the honor of Kazakhstan on the courts.

Loss equal to victory

Great pleasure was received not only by fans from Kazakhstan and Serbia, but also all those present on March 7, 2016 in the Belgrade sports complex "Pioneer" at the eighth final stage of the World Cup competitions for the Davis Cup.

On this day on the court, Mikhail Kukushkin and Serb Novak Djokovic showed something unimaginable. The intriguing match lasted for five hours. Despite the loss of the Kazakh representative, the Serbian for the victory had to use all his skills and make them seriously nervous his fans, and in fact he is positioned as the best tennis player in the world.

After the match between the national teams of Serbia and Kazakhstan, N. Djokovic unexpectedly stated that Mikhail Kukushkin could quite deserve a deserved victory in this fantastic fight, and he called this mast one of the most difficult in his career.

Mikhail himself noted that several gross mistakes were made at first, but later it significantly improved the game and it was difficult to counter anything with the best racket in the world, although there was literally one step left to victory.

Mikhail Kukushkin, biography

Mikhail was born in Volgograd on December 26, 1987. From his early years, he was attracted to playing tennis by the father, who himself was a good athlete and trained his son before the age of seventeen.

Already in 2006, Kukushkin at the IFT Futures series was able to get into the final. For the next season, fans of the cities of Saransk and Samarkand witnessed his two victories in the ATP Challenger series.

2008 was a turning point for him: winning in Italy (Barletta, ATP Challenger) and at home (IFT Futures), participating in the ATP tournament (Barcelona, Umaga, Moscow, Peter), he also became a citizen of Kazakhstan.

By March next year, Mikhail Kukushkin, whose rating was growing steadily, already played at the Masters tournament in Miami (second round, the main grid). A similar result was shown to them and a month later in Spain (Barcelona).

In May, he was selected to participate in the games in Portugal (Estoril, the main grid). July - a victory at the Challenger tournament in the Russian Federation (Penza). In September - participation in the games of the main grid of this tournament in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur).

In October, he participated in the Kremlin Cup semifinals, where he was defeated by Russian tennis player M. Yuzhny in the semifinal match .

The latest achievements of a professional tennis player

In 2010, Mikhail Kukushkin, becoming the winner of Challenger in Germany (Braunschweig) and Russia (Penza), reached the first hundred in the ranking of professional athletes in tennis.

At the end of the same year, he was the first to win the ATP tournament, having managed to win back from M. Yuzhny in the final match in St. Petersburg.

In January 2015, Mikhail Kukushkin in Sydney won the second place in the ATP tournament, having won two games against L. Mayer. Stronger than him was only the representative of Serbia, V. Trotsky. It is remarkable that both finalists reached the main grid, having passed qualification, what happened for the first time in the draw of such a tournament.

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