St. Petersburg 1R: Kubot surpasses Istomin 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Would have been nice for Istomin to finally grab a title, but nevermind - same goes for Q-bot (who massively served himself out of trouble at the end). Only saw the final set from 4-2 - decent quality match?

Great match from Lukasz...Too sexy with his new bandanna:wavey:...Istomin is mugalicious these days...Surprised Luke didn't straight set him...1st set could have gone either way but Lukasz played really well throughout the whole match:worship:....Could be a good draw for him and he needs the points, so win-win for him:cool:

Kubot:D

Denis, this defeat was OK because he played all days at DC so he was so tired:unsure:
Take a rest and good luck rest of the season:)

Istomin is about as far away from winning a title as it's humanly possible to be. In horrendous form right now.

Not surprising. Typical post DC result.

Lukasz :) Not sure about the T-shirt but his new hair and bandanna :drool: it was quite a good match actually well done :yeah:

great victory for kubot. truly unexpected imo

Always good to see this mindless ballbasher lose. Istomin belongs on the WTA tour with his lack of technique and variety.

Denis :facepalm:

i see a lot of potential in this denis but, like many others before him, he'll probably never fully develop it.