Clear victory for the Kazakh player, Kukushkin

The no. 2 player of the Kazakh team, Mikhail Kukushkin, clearly won against the youngster, Christian Lindell, 6-0, 6-1, and thus provided for the 1-0 lead in the tie against Sweden. The merely 19-year old Swede, who was brought into the team by his team-captain, Robin Soderling, because he is a “promising talent”, had more of a say in the match than the score conveys. He even had three break points in the first set. However, in the end the no. 326 in the world did not have a chance against the man from Astana, who is ranked 61 at the moment.

The tie Kazakhstan – Sweden (both teams lost their previous ties) is about the third place in the Red Group – and about a difference of €21,000 in price money.