Mikhail Kukushkin Wins His First ATP title in St. Petersburg

Mikhail Kukushkin, becomes the second Kazakhstani this year, to win an ATP title, the other one, being Andrey Golubev.  He is also the fifth first time winner of an ATP title this year.  This is also his first victory against a current Top 10 player, Mikhail Youzhny. Below is his path to the championship -

Finals - Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) (#10) 6-3, 7-6
SFs - Ilya Marchenko (UKR) (#99) 6-3, 6-4
QFs - Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) (#46) 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
2R - Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) (#105) 6-3, 6-4
1R - Jeremy Chardy (FRA) (#49) 6-7, 6-1, 6-0