Asłan Karacew

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Aslan Karatsev earned his first Top 20 hard-court victory in almost two years, overcoming World No. 17 Cameron Norrie 7-6(5), 7-6(5).

Karatsev beat former World No. 1 Andy Murray in the second round and backed that up with another aggressive display against lefty Norrie, striking 29 winners to advance into his third tour-level semi-final of the year after two hours and 23 minutes. Karatsev's previous Top 20 win on hard courts came against Denis Shapovalov in Indian Wells in October 2021.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/khachan ... 023-sunday

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Aslan Karatsev downed World No. 14 Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 7-6(4) to earn his fourth Top 20 win of the season. The 30-year-old will meet Zhizhen Zhang or Hubert Hurkacz in the second round.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/mochizu ... 23-tuesday

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Sets Karatsev SF Clash In Tokyo

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Karatsev earlier continued to demonstrate just how dangerous his big-hitting game can be by downing fourth seed Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-2. It was a third straight-sets victory in Tokyo for the World No. 50 after earlier wins against Frances Tiafoe and Zhang Zhizhen. Karatsev converted three of five break points he earned and saved all five he faced to wrap a 96-minute win inside Ariake Coliseum.

“[I’m] playing well. I kept to my plan and kept my head clear,” said Karatsev. “ calm in important moments. He had a few chances to break me. He’s a dangerous player. He always gives you the ball back deep and low. I think the key was to stay focused and keep my plan.”

Karatsev’s raw baseline power proved too hot to handle for De Minaur, who was the last seed standing at the ATP 500 event. Despite De Minaur deploying plenty of typically stout defence, he was unable to disrupt Karatsev’s rhythm frequently enough as the 30-year-old powered 21 winners, including 15 off his forehand wing, to his Australian opponent’s five.

Karatsev is chasing his fourth ATP Tour title and his first since Sydney in January 2022. Karatsev acknowleged he was feeling good on court in Tokyo but was reluctant to make any comparisons to his only previous ATP 500 title run in 2021 in Dubai.

“It’s a different year, a different season,” said Karatsev. “Coming for some weeks in China, where I made the semis [in Zhuhai] and lost in Shanghai, I was able to practise and come here earlier, so I could prepare here physically and mentally. I’m playing well.”

Friday’s defeat was a major blow to De Minaur’s chances of making a late charge towards the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals as the Australian was unable to capitalise on Tommy Paul’s defeat to Ben Shelton earlier in the day in Tokyo. De Minaur remains 13th in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin, 35 points behind 12th-placed Paul and 550 points behind Holger Rune in eighth.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/de-mina ... 023-friday

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Shelton To Face Karatsev In Maiden ATP Tour Final In Tokyo

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Following Shelton and Giron on to court were Karatsev and home wild card Shintaro Mochizuki, whose dream run to the semi-finals has kept the Tokyo crowds in raptures this week. The #NextGenATP Japanese was unable to ride his momentum any further, however, as Karatsev triumphed 6-3, 6-4 to reach the championship match without having dropped a set across his four matches.

“Everybody came to support this young guy, it was something special to play here with the crowd full,” said Karatsev after his 94-minute win. “I tried to keep my game plan very simple, not pay too much attention to the crowd, and I managed to do it.”


With his win, Karatsev advanced to his fifth tour-level final, and his first since Sydney in January 2022 (d. Murray). The World No. 50 seeks his fourth ATP Tour crown when he faces Shelton, against whom he fell to a four-set defeat in the pair's only previous Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting at the US Open in September.

Despite defeat, Mochizuki can look back on a breakthrough week in his homeland. The 20-year-old had not won a tour-level match prior to this week but has risen 84 spots to No. 131 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings as a result of his run. The 20-year-old has also propelled himself into contention for Next Gen ATP Finals qualification — he has risen 14 spots to 15th in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Jeddah this week.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/shelton ... 3-saturday

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5. zawodowy finał (3-1 w tej chwili).

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Finał w Tokio.

Rosjanin wrócił na poziom finału ATP po prawie 2-letniej przerwie. Karacew już 5 razy zagrał w takim pojedynku (3-2).

Asłan Karacew - przegrane finały (2):
2023 (1) Tokio
2021 (1) Belgrad