Chardy J. and Kukushkin M. will face today starting with 03:00, in the ATP – SINGLES: Sydney (Australia), hard – 1/16-finals. This will be a very unbalanced competiton where the big favorite is Chardy.

Eysseric J. is no. 31 ATP, he come after a 2-0 defeat with Marchenko I. (Ukr) in Doha, despite his poor results leately he is the big favorite at the bookmakers today.

Marchenko I. is no. 63 ATP, he come after two victories in a row, last one was against Cervantes I. (Esp) in Sydney.

This is the third time when the two players will be face to face, and for sure Kukushkin M. will try to put presuure on his opponent from the outset, moreover he won the last two direct competitions against his opponent.