Tsitsipas ends Kukushkin's career as seeds tumble at Almaty Open

Almaty (Kazakhstan), Oct. 22 (UNI) Seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas brought Kazakh veteran Mikhail Kukushkin's professional tennis career to an end with a commanding straight-sets victory at the Almaty Open on Wednesday, as three other seeded players crashed out of the ATP 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…