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Khachanov & Sinner Reveal Their Toughest Opponents

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Who is the most difficult opponent on the ATP Tour?

The answer is different depending on whom you ask. Some players are uncomfortable facing powerful opponents, while others don’t like competing against someone with an unorthodox game.

In an Instagram Live session Thursday sponsored by Lavazza, Jannik Sinner and Karen Khachanov revealed that their toughest opponents have very different games.

“For me the most difficult one was Medvedev,” Sinner said, leading Khachanov to crack a massive smile.

“Daniil, my friend!” the Russian exclaimed.

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Sinner played Medvedev in February at the Open 13 Provence in Marseille. The Italian raced through the first set, but Medvedev flipped the script for a 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory.

“[My match against Medvedev] was so strange. I won the first set easily, and then he changed something. I didn’t understand what it was, and the other two sets went so fast,” Sinner said. “He has such a strange ball, especially with his backhand, which is basically coming with backspin.

"I left the court [after the match] and I said, ‘Okay, I didn’t understand anything from the match.’”

Khachanov is six years older than Sinner. He has much more experience than the rising Italian, and he was happy to give the teen some advice: those tough matches happen.

“There are some players that you feel uncomfortable playing,” Khachanov said. “Sometimes in some matches, something quickly turns and then you don’t understand how you lost.”

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Khachanov said his toughest opponent is Rafael Nadal, against whom he owns an 0-7 ATP Head2Head record. Their most memorable meeting came at the 2018 US Open, where Nadal needed four sets to beat Khachanov after four hours and 23 minutes.

“The past four matches were really close, a good level. I remember I was just a few points away from winning,” Khachanov said. “But for me, that’s why it makes it so difficult to beat him, because he’s always there. Somehow in the last moment… he turns around the situation.

“Even if you [are] leading, he’s a guy who can come back and still get the win."

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Khachanov Safely Past Bublik At W&S Open

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Russian star first winner on Sunday


Karen Khachanov blasted his way past Alexander Bublik on Sunday to get off to a winning start at the Western & Southern Open.

In his first match for 177 days, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, 11th seed Khachanov completed a 6-4, 6-4 victory over 84 minutes for a place in the second round at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.


The Russian, whose last tour-level match came on 28 February when he lost to Novak Djokovic in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships quarter-finals, will next challenge Pablo Carreno Busta.

Khachanov broke serve in the first game and clinched the 41-minute opener when Bublik hit a forehand into the net. At 4-4 in the second set, Khachanov hit a slower-paced return to the net-rushing Bublik and then followed it in to place a backhand winner. Khachanov hit seven aces and won 79 per cent of his first-service points.

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Comeback Complete: Khachanov Outlasts Sinner At US Open

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Russian to face Kuznetsov in second round

For the second time in his career, Karen Khachanov rallied from two sets down on Tuesday to book his place in the US Open second round.

The 11th seed failed to break serve in the opening two sets, before charging back to overcome Jannik Sinner 3-6, 6-7(7), 6-2, 6-0, 7-6(4). From 1-1 in the third set, Khachanov won 11 of the next 12 games to level the match as Sinner struggled with his movement. The Russian failed to convert five break points in the decider, but held his nerve in a final-set tie-break to clinch victory after three hours and 44 minutes.

Khachanov’s only previous comeback from two sets down came in 2018, when he defeated Frances Tiafoe to reach the Round of 16 at Wimbledon. Khachanov improves to 3-1 since the resumption of the ATP Tour, following a third-round loss to Roberto Bautista Agut at the Western & Southern Open last week.

Khachanov will face countryman Andrey Kuznetsov for a place in the third round.

Sinner played well under pressure in the opening two sets on Court 8, saving five break points in the opener and two set points in the second set to establish a commading lead. But Khachanov quickly found a route back into the match as Sinner committed a double fault and netted a short forehand to concede an early service break in the third set. Khachanov claimed a double break at 4-2, as Sinner began to struggle with his movement, and quickly held serve to love with an ace to clinch the third set.

Khachanov struck 14 winners and converted three of five break points to sweep the fourth set 6-0. While Sinner found success in the decider, flattening his groundstrokes to shorten rallies and save five break points, it was Khachanov who moved through to the second round. The 24-year-old proved too consistent in the final-set tie-break, retrieving balls from behind the baseline as Sinner made multiple errors.

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Khachanov powers past fellow Russian Kuznetsov

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Karen Khachanov was at his aggressive best when he beat fellow Russian Andrey Kuznetsov 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 in one hour and 50 minutes. Khachanov, the No. 11 seed, lost just eight of his first-service points and converted six of 15 break points. Kuznetsov, who missed two years and seven months of competitive tennis due to a hip injury, won his first tour-level match since August 2017 with victory over Sam Querrey in the US Open first round.

The 24-year-old Khachanov, who is through to the US Open third round for the second time (also 2018), now prepares to face No. 21 seed Alex de Minaur, who overcame Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-3, 6-7(6), 7-5.

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