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Karen Chaczanow w dwóch setach pokonał Thanasiego Kokkinakisa w I rundzie rozgrywanego na kortach ziemnych turnieju ATP World Tour Masters 1000 w Monte Carlo. Do II rundy awansowali też Mischa Zverev i Danił Miedwiediew.

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Gdy najlepsi tenisiści świata przyjeżdżają do Monte Carlo, to znak, że rozpoczyna się tzw. "europejski" sezon gry na kortach ziemnych. Ten okres tradycyjnie inauguruje rozgrywany na przepięknie położonych kortach Monte-Carlo Country Clubu turniej ATP Masters 1000 w Monte Carlo.
W meczu otwarcia Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters 2018 doszło do starcia dwóch niezwykle utalentowanych tenisistów. Mający w dorobku już dwa tytuły głównego cyklu 21-letni Karen Chaczanow zmierzył się z 22-latkiem Thanasim Kokkinakisem, który przed miesiącem w Miami pokonał Rogera Federera. Młodzi-gniewni stoczyli bardzo ciekawe widowisko, z którego zwycięsko wyszedł Chaczanow. Rosjanin pokonał Australijczyka 7:5, 6:4.

Moskwianin w ciągu godziny i 50 minut nie musiał bronić ani jednej piłki na przełamanie. Sam natomiast wykorzystał dwa z 13 break pointów, a dodatkowo zapisał na swoim koncie pięć asów i 82 z 153 punktów rozegranych w całym meczu. W II rundzie Chaczanow zmierzy się z Francuzem - Gillesem Simonem bądź z Adrianem Mannarino.

W ślady kolegi z reprezentacji poszedł Danił Miedwiediew. 22-latek, mieszkaniec Monte Carlo, w ostatnim niedzielnym pojedynku wygrał 6:7(4), 6:2, 7:5 z Martonem Fucsovicsem, czterokrotnie przełamując podanie rywala.

Również Mischa Zverev zameldował się już w II rundzie. 30-letni Niemiec ograł 6:2, 6:7(4), 6:1 młodszego o 13 lat posiadacza dzikiej karty Felixa Augera-Aliassime'a i w kolejnej fazie Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters zmierzy się z Lucasem Pouille'em, turniejową "siódemką".

W niedzielę rozegrano także decydujące mecze kwalifikacji. Awans do głównej drabinki wywalczyli Andreas Seppi, Marco Cecchinato, Dusan Lajović, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Pierre-Hugues Herbert, Ilja Iwaszka i Jeremy Chardy. Z kolei Florian Mayer i Mirza Basić wystąpią jako tzw. "szczęśliwi przegrani" z eliminacji. Niemiec oraz Bośniak zastąpili kontuzjowanych Ołeksandra Dołgopołowa i Filipa Krajinovicia.

Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, Monte Carlo (Monako)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000, kort ziemny, pula nagród 4,872 mln euro
niedziela, 15 kwietnia


I runda gry pojedynczej:

Danił Miedwiediew (Rosja) - Marton Fucsovics (Węgry) 6:7(4), 6:2, 7:5
Karen Chaczanow (Rosja) - Thanasi Kokkinakis (Australia, WC) 7:5, 6:4
Mischa Zverev (Niemcy) - Felix Auger-Aliasime (Kanada, WC) 6:2, 6:7(4), 6:1

wolne losy: Rafael Nadal (Hiszpania, 1); Marin Cilić (Chorwacja, 2); Alexander Zverev (Niemcy, 3); Grigor Dimitrow (Bułgaria, 4); Dominic Thiem (Austria, 5); David Goffin (Belgia, 6); Lucas Pouille (Francja, 7); Pablo Carreno (Hiszpania,

Bautista Agut clinical in win over Haase

Russia’s Karen Khachanov recorded his 20th victory of the season on Thursday by beating seventh seed Kei Nishikori of Japan at the Gerry Weber Open for a place in the quarter-finals.

Khachanov overcame Nishikori 6-2, 6-2 for his fifth win over a member of the Top 30 in the ATP Rankings in 2018 and will now challenge fourth seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain on Friday. The pair is 1-1 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series, but have never met before on a grass court.

The 22-year-old Khachanov broke Nishikori’s serve in both the opening and seventh games of each set en route to victory in 78 minutes. He is now 20-12 on the season, which includes his second ATP World Tour title at the Open 13 Provence (d. Pouille).


Bautista Agut

Bautista Agut booked a spot in the Halle quarter-finals for the second successive year with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Robin Haase of the Netherlands in one hour and 35 minutes. The Spaniard won the first of his eight ATP World Tour titles on grass at the 2014 Libema Open (d. Becker).

Bautista Agut took a 3-1 lead in the first set, but was quickly clawed back by Haase. The Spaniard broke to love in the final game, then recovered from 0/40 at 4-4 in the second set and broke Haase again in the 12th game. The 30-year-old also beat Haase 7-6(5) in a third set tie-break en route to the ASB Classic title in the second week of the 2018 season.

Russia’s Karen Khachanov recorded his 20th victory of the season on Thursday by beating seventh seed Kei Nishikori of Japan at the Gerry Weber Open for a place in the quarter-finals.

Khachanov overcame Nishikori 6-2, 6-2 for his fifth win over a member of the Top 30 in the ATP Rankings in 2018 and will now challenge fourth seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain on Friday. The pair is 1-1 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series, but have never met before on a grass court.

The 22-year-old Khachanov broke Nishikori’s serve in both the opening and seventh games of each set en route to victory in 78 minutes. He is now 20-12 on the season, which includes his second ATP World Tour title at the Open 13 Provence (d. Pouille).

“I think today I just made too many unforced errors,” said Nishikori. “He was playing well, but nothing special. I think today I couldn't hit [many] good serves and also I should have tried to stay a little bit more on the baseline… Karen hits very flat and he’s not easy to play against on grass.”


Bautista Agut booked a spot in the Halle quarter-finals for the second successive year with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Robin Haase of the Netherlands in one hour and 35 minutes. The Spaniard won the first of his eight ATP World Tour titles on grass at the 2014 Libema Open (d. Becker).

Bautista Agut took a 3-1 lead in the first set, but was quickly clawed back by Haase. The Spaniard broke to love in the final game, then recovered from 0/40 at 4-4 in the second set and broke Haase again in the 12th game. The 30-year-old also beat Haase 7-6(5) in a third set tie-break en route to the ASB Classic title in the second week of the 2018 season.

Russian to meet Djokovic or Edmund in fourth round
At two sets to love down, Karen Khachanov's hopes of reaching a maiden fourth round at Wimbledon appeared to be fading. But, for the first time in his career, the 22-year-old recovered from a two-set deficit to advance, beating #NextGenATP American Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-2, 6-1 on Saturday.

Khachanov became the youngest Russian to reach the Round of 16 at SW19 since Mikhail Youzhny (20 years, 12 days), firing 33 aces and winning 81 per cent of first-serve points to rally past Tiafoe in two hours and 57 minutes.

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Khachanov improves to 3-2 in five-set encounters and 5-1 on grass this season, building on a last-eight run at June's Gerry Weber Open. The Russian, who lifted his second ATP World Tour trophy at the Open 13 Provence in February, defeated Mischa Zverev and Kei Nishikori in Halle before falling in three sets to Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain.

Khachanov has now reached the Round of 16 at a Grand Slam on three occasions, having also reached the last 16 at Roland Garros on his past two appearances. The two-time ATP World Tour titlist fell to Andy Murray in 2017 and Alexander Zverev, in five sets, this season at the clay-court Grand Slam championship.

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Tiafoe, who reached the Fever-Tree Championships quarter-finals, was bidding to reach the Round of 16 for the first time at a Grand Slam event. The 20-year-old, who leads his countrymen in tour-level match wins this season, falls to 20-12 for the year.

The #NextGenATP American still stands a strong chance of making his debut at the Next Gen ATP Finals however, having reached his first two tour-level finals this season. Tiafoe, in fourth place in the Race to Milan, lifted his maiden tour-level trophy at the Delray Beach Open (d. Gojowczyk) and reached his first tour-level clay court final at the Millennium Estoril Open (l. to Sousa).

Standing between Khachanov and a place in the quarter-finals will be three-time champion Novak Djokovic. Djokovic defeated British No. 1 Kyle Edmund 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in just under three hours to set a first FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting against Khachanov.

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Did You Know?
Karen Khachanov will be aiming to reach his fifth tour-level quarter-final on Monday at The All England Club. The 22-year-old has already reached the last eight stage or better at the ASB Classic, Open Sud de France, Open 13 Provence and Gerry Weber Open.

Toronto

Match Report

Masters 1000

Karen Khachanov

2018
Russian to face Nadal or Cilic in Toronto semi-finals
Russian Karen Khachanov advanced to his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final on Friday, defeating 2017 Montreal semi-finalist Robin Haase 6-3, 6-1 to reach the last four at the Rogers Cup.

“I'm happy with this performance that I could reach my first semi-final,” Khachanov said. “But I don't want to be satisfied because there is always something that you can do better. So that's why I'm focusing already on the next match.”

The 22-year-old, who had never reached the last eight at the elite level before this event, has yet to lose a set in Toronto, also upsetting reigning Miami Open presented by Itau champion John Isner and 12th seed Pablo Carreno Busta. Khachanov will next face World No. 1 Rafael Nadal or sixth seed Marin Cilic.


The 6’6” right-hander will climb to a career-best ATP Ranking of at least No. 26 on Monday. If he is able to reach his maiden Masters 1000 final, he will soar to No. 21 and if he should triumph, the two-time ATP World Tour champion will rocket up to No. 14.

The World No. 38 was dominant on serve heading into his match against the Dutchman, holding in 31 of his 32 service games before facing Haase. And Khachanov’s service success continued, losing just two first-serve points and not facing a break point in his 55-minute victory. Khachanov and Haase were knotted at 3-3 before the Russian pulled away to win nine of the final 10 games.

“I didn't expect that maybe the score would be — it looks easy, but the match was not that easy,” Khachanov said. “There were some difficult moments, especially at the beginning. I was a little bit nervous to go on the Centre Court and to find the rhythm for both of us. And maybe it was not that beautiful game at the beginning, but then I found more the rhythm of my game, and I started to play better.”


Khachanov has lost all three of his FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings against Nadal without claiming a set, and he has yet to face Cilic. But he is fully focused on his own game.

“I don't really care,” Khachanov said. “It would be interesting to play a semi-final against both of them. Both of the guys are top players, so I'm really looking forward for both matches, both scenarios. Again, it doesn't matter against whom I play.”

Did You Know?
Khachanov lifted his first tour-level trophy at the Chengdu Open in 2016, and his second earlier this season at the Open 13 Provence in Marseille.