Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushikin qualified for the final match after eliminating his competitor, ranked fourth in the tournament, the Czech Jakub Mencic, with a score of 6/3 and 6/2, in a match during which the Kazakh player shone, who imposed himself strongly among the elite players participating in the Ministry of Interior Challenger Tennis Championship, which is held on the courts of the Interior Club. Public Security officers in Gudaibiya during the period from 11 to 17 February.
In the second semi-final match, the fifth seed in the tournament, Frenchman Richard Gasquet, was able to defeat his seventh seed opponent, Damir Dzumhur from Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a score of 6/3 and 7/6 in an exciting match.
As for the doubles semi-finals, the American duo Vasil Kirov and the Finnish pair Patrick Niklas Salminem defeated the British duo Luke Johnson and the Tunisian Skander Mansouri with a score of 3/6, 6/1, and 11/9. In the second match, the Spanish duo Sergio Martos Jornes and the Greek Petros won. Tsitsipas defeated the Italian duo Marco Bortolotti and Alessandro Giansi with a score of 6/4 and 6/1.
Tomorrow, Saturday, two matches will be held in the final round, the first in the doubles category, which brings together the American duo Vasil Kirov and the Finnish Patrick Niklas Salminem with the Spanish duo Sergio Martos Jornes and the Greek Petros Tsitsipas, and the second in the singles category, in which the fifth seed in the tournament, the Frenchman Richard Gasquet, meets the Kazakhstan’s Mikhail. Kokoshiken.
Mr. Valery Laktov, member of the ATP Tennis Association, praised the organization of this tournament, expressing his thanks to His Excellency the Minister of the Interior for hosting this tournament in its third edition in the Kingdom of Bahrain, praising the efforts of all the committees working to organize this distinguished tournament, and adding that he is pleased with the participation of international referees in this tournament. The tournament includes participants from various countries, in addition to the participation of Bahraini referee Ahmed Al-Hawaj in the arbitration team, and the participation of line observers from several countries, with the aim of exchanging experiences and sports cultures among all participants in this tournament.
For his part, the Kazakh player, Mikhail Kukushikin, expressed his happiness after defeating his rival, in qualifying for the final match in a tournament in which everyone strives to reach the podium, praising the level of general organization in the tournament by the organizers and organizers who made every requirement and comfort available to all players in the tournament. In its third edition, he stressed his admiration for the quality of the courts owned by the Ministry of Interior, which confirms the Ministry’s keenness to pay attention to the sport of tennis.
The fifth seed in the tournament, Frenchman Richard Gasquet, said that he is happy to have reached the final match and that his performance is improving from one match to the next, stressing his keenness and efforts to continue this journey towards competing in the tournament and winning it.
