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World No. 9 Karen Khachanov fought past Frenchman Jeremy Chardy to secure a place in the quarter-finals, advancing 7-6(0), 7-6(5) in a match that featured no breaks of serve.

Khachanov won 96 per cent (43/45) of his first-serve points and didn't face a break point. Chardy saved all three break points faced. The 23-year-old Russian will try to reach his second semi-final of the season (Montreal) against Italy's Fabio Fognini.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/thiem-z ... -wednesday

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Karen Khachanov got off to a slow start on Friday, but responded with a good attitude and gameplay at the China Open to reach his second ATP Tour semi-final of the year.

The fourth-seeded Russian overcame Nitto ATP Finals contender Fabio Fognini, the sixth seed from Italy, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 in one hour and 46 minutes.

Khachanov will next challenge top-seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem, who beat 2016 champion Andy Murray of Great Britain.

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[Damian]

Earlier in the day, seventh seed Karen Khachanov was impressive in his 6-2, 6-4 win over American Taylor Fritz over 69 minutes. The Russian, who lost just two of his first-service points (24/26), goes onto meet Italian No. 10 seed Fabio Fognini, a contender for the season finale to be held at The O2 in London from 10-17 November.

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[Barty]

Khachanov Saves 5 M.P., Overcomes Kohlschreiber In Moscow

Spoiler:

Lajovic, Mannarino also through to quarter-finals

Karen Khachanov saved five match points to deny Philipp Kohlschreiber a birthday win at the VTB Kremlin Cup on Wednesday.

”I can’t remember the last time I had a comeback like that,” said Khachanov. “I had to fight and try to find my game. I am really happy that finally I can go through here in my hometown of Moscow.”

The top seed and defending champion recovered from 3-5 down in the deciding set to record a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(7) victory in front of a passionate home crowd in Moscow. This is Khachanov’s second win in five FedEx ATP Head2Head encounters against 36-year-old Kohlschreiber.

”In my hometown, it is really a great atmosphere,” said Khachanov. “To see so many people here for my second-round match, I didn’t really expect that… I have more drive and more energy when people are cheering for me like that.”

After saving three match points to reach the deciding-set tie-break, Khachanov was forced to save two more at 5/6 and 6/7 with patience from the baseline. The Russian advanced to the quarter-finals on his first match point as Kohlschreiber committed his third double fault of the match.

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Khachanov extends his winning streak in Moscow to five matches. At last year’s event, the World No. 8 dropped only one set en route to the title.

Khachanov will face Andreas Seppi for a place in the semi-finals. The 23-year-old defeated the Italian in their only previous FedEx ATP Head2Head encounter at the 2016 Erste Bank Open in Vienna.

After saving two match points in his opening match, Seppi was forced to come from a set down to beat Roberto Carballes Baena 5-7, 6-1, 6-3. The 35-year-old Italian earned 72 per cent of second-serve return points (31/43) to advance after two hours and 12 minutes.

Fourth seed Dusan Lajovic recorded his first victory in three FedEx ATP Head2Head encounters against Lukas Rosol, edging the Czech 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-3 to reach his first quarter-final in Moscow. The Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters runner-up landed eight aces and broke serve on three occasions to secure the one-hour, 52-minute win.

Lajovic will meet last year’s runner-up Adrian Mannarino for a semi-final spot. The seventh-seeded Frenchman beat 2013 runner-up Mikhail Kukushkin 7-6(4), 6-2 to confirm his place in the last eight.

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Second seed Karen Khachanov worked hard to eliminate 2018 Next Gen ATP Finals competitor Hubert Hurkacz 6-4, 7-6(3).

The Russian, who is playing this ATP 500 tournament for the fourth time, played a solid match and took advantage of uncharacteristic errors off Hurkacz's racquet, mostly caused by going for aggressive shots from tough positions. Khachanov held match point on the Polish No. 1's serve at 5-3 in the second set and then served for the victory at 5-4, but failed to capitalise.

After his momentary slip, Khachanov steadied his ship, sprinting to a 4/0 lead in the tie-break and cracking an inside-out forehand winner to triumph after one hour and 41 minutes. Khachanov is pursuing his first ATP Tour title of the season after lifting three trophies in 2018.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/berrett ... 019-monday

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In the final match of the day, Russian Karen Khachanov advanced 6-3, 4-6, 4-1 when Hungarian Marton Fucsovics retired. The second-seeded Russian will meet the winner of American Sam Querrey and Diego Schwartzman of Argentina in the quarter-finals.

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2019 w liczbach:

Ranking: 17
Bilans meczów: 30-29
Tytuły: 0
Finały: 0
Zarobki: $2,097,841

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[DUN I LOVE]

Obiecująco.

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Khachanov: 'Facing Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic at Mubadala was..'

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Karen Khachanov is one of two players (Grigor Dimitrov) who had failed to reach an ATP final in 2019 but still managed to finish in the top-20. The 23-year-old Russian was at the top of the tennis world after winning the Masters 1000 crown in Paris at the end of 2018, cracking the top-10 for the first time in June and staying there for five months before losing those 1000 points.

Despite a mediocre score od 30 wins and 29 losses in 2019, Karen had a couple of notable results, advancing into the quarter-final at Indian Wells and losing ground after that before Roland Garros where he was the quarter-finalist again, losing to Dominic Thiem in straight sets.

Karen had to wait until Montreal to find himself in the title contention, advancing into the semi-final where Daniil Medvedev toppled him in an all-Russian battle. By the end of the season, Khachanov was the semi-finalist in Beijing and the quarter-finalist in Moscow and Vienna, finishing the year at the Davis Cup Finals where Russia lost a tight battle with Canada in the semis.Competing at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship for the second time, Karen defeated Hyeon Chung before losing to Rafael Nadal and Noak Djokovic in the semi-final and the battle for the third place, gathering a lot of experience as always against the rivals from the top and enjoying the challenge after almost a month of hard training.

Karen will play at the ATP Cup with Daniil Medvedev and the rest of the Russian squad, hoping for a deep run and the best possible form ahead of the Australian Open. "It was more relaxed from both of us," Khachanov said.

"To play against Novak and Rafa and at this event, in general, is good preparation to see where my tennis is. After playing three in a row, I'm feeling a little more tired after three-and-a-half weeks of hard training, so I'll have a day off tomorrow, but it was good to come and I really enjoyed playing some more serious matches."

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