the russian Karen Khachanova (18) advanced to the semifinals of australia tomorrow after his rival, the American Sebastian Korda (29), left with a wrist injury when the score was 7-6(5), 6-3 and 3-0 in favor of the Muscovite.
His next opponent will be known after the end of the duel to face the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (3) and the Czech Jiri Lehecka.
“To some extent it has been a great battle. He played some great tennis, against Daniil and Hurkacz. Very happy with my level and the way I competed. It is the first time in the semis here in Australia”, he said in an interview at the Rod Laver Arena after the end of the clash that lasted one hour and 50 minutes.
“I reinvented myself. I have always believed in myself but with ups and downs. Belief and confidence in myself appeared more here, I want to continue to grow as a person and as an athlete”added a Khachanov who had accumulated just three hours and 48 minutes in his last two bouts.
The 22-year-old American, who offered an impressive fight back from a ‘break’ in the first, was treated in the early stages of the second set and ended up closing in on his rival at the change of sides at 3 -0 last set to explain to him that he could not continue.
As explained by himself Khachanovis in the process of reinvention after reaching the semifinals in the last two Grand Slam tournaments: United States Open 2022 and Australian Open 2023.
As for his rival, the young Korda ended a promising Australian tour by reaching the final at the Adelaide tournament, where he lost to the Serb. Novak Djokovic (4), and several quarterfinals in Melbourne Park with impressive results along the way such as a three-sets-to-nil victory over the Russian Daniel Medvedev (7) in the third round or his dramatic pass in the round of 16 against the Pole Hubert Hurkacz (19).
He only had chances against the Russian in the first set where he managed to bring back a break from a disadvantage ‘in extremis’ to extend the first set to a tiebreaker game that would go down to the lowest on his opponent’s side.
The Muscovite sees the faces of one of his black animals on the circuit, the Hellene tsitsipaswhich prevailed in the five instances where faces were seen.
The last defeat occurred in the round of 16 of the last edition of the tournament in Rome, when Tsitsipas won 4-6, 6-0 and 6-3.
Her other possible rival, Czech Lehecka, never crossed Karen Khachanov’s path.
Source: La Verdad
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