[Tennis- ATP Madrid Qualifying] 22.4/ 18:00 F.Coria- M.Kukushin

[Radu]

[Tennis- ATP Madrid Qualifying] 22.4/ 18:00 F.Coria- M.Kukushin

We're finally in Madrid! A super important clay tournament who's also worth 1000 ranking points just like Monte Carlo but in reality the conditions are way different from any clay tournament in the ATP circuit. It's played in altitude so the ball travels quite fast and huge servers and flat hitters can also do well here. Last year for example we had Struff reaching the finals and Karatsev reaching the semifinals and those are not typical players that you see performing in super grindy Clay courts but in Madrid they have aggressive play styles suitable for these courts that are played about 1000 metres above sea level.

In these first few days we have qualifying matches so we're not yet in the main draw. Kukushkin is a 36 year old veteran who always had a big serve and did super well in Madrid at a challenger tournament last week where he went all the way to the semis so he's quite familiar with the conditions. He faces Coria who's a clay specialist that never did nothing special in high altitude venues and likes slower clay conditions. He's surely the favourite here due to Kukushkin's age but he can certainly suffer in these conditions against the Kazakh.

The underdog is 2-0 against Coria with one of those matches being played on Clay and he should be a really difficult matchup for Coria, especially with the amount of matches that he already played in Madrid last week.

2 (handicap +1,5 set) @1,85 Unibet

6:2 4:6 6:2