Almaty (Kazakhstan), Oct. 22 -- Seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas brought Kazakh veteran Mikhail Kukushkin's professional tennis career to an end with a commanding straight-setsvictory at the Almaty Open on Wednesday, as three other seeded players crashed out of theATP 250 tournament.
The Greek former world No. 3 defeated 38-year-old wild card Kukushkin 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals, ending the home favorite's farewell campaign in front of his supporters.
Kukushkin, who reached a career-high ranking of 39th, had announced that the Almaty tournament would be his last, bringing down the curtain on a career spanning nearly two decades.
Tsitsipas will next face Australia's James Duckworth, who produced one of the day's biggest upset...