The Russian tennis player achieves his last important victory in his journey through Zhuhai. Khachanov manages to maintain a good rhythm throughout, which is why he ends up beating Yoshihito Nishioka in two sets (7-6(2), 6-1) after 1h44min of the match.
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Karen Khachanov faced the last of the matches corresponding to a new edition of an ATP tournament in the city of Zhuhai in this month of September 2023. She did so after moving forward in the men’s final draw, where they would have to face the final against Japanese tennis player Yoshihito Nishioka. The Russian player came to this confrontation after having surpassed Alex Bolt, Mackenzie McDonald and Sebastian Korda since his debut. For his part, the tennis player from Japan came into this match after having done the same previously against Terence Atmane, Lloyd Harris, Jan Lennard Struff and Aslan Karatsev. Inside of the head to head There are up to five precedents between both tennis players, and they were those that took place between 2017 and 2023. The European racket would win on up to four occasionswhile on one occasion the Asian racket would do it.
Karen Khachanov started the clash strong
The match started strong for Yoshihito Nishioka. The Japanese player wins the first game of the match. Karen Khachanov would immediately respond, who would see how his rival took a slight advantage in the light. After this, Khachanov would take advantage of a triple chance, who took advantage of a single break in his favor to lead 4-2. Nishioka would counterattack in the same way, who returned the break to be 4-4 in the light. After this there would be a long exchange of winning hits, where both agreed to go to the tiebreaker. When the tiebreak arrived it would be Karen who, after four consecutive games, took advantage of his only set point to command with 7-2 in the light.
A victory that alleviates many sorrows
For the start of the second set it would now be Karen Khachanov who would start commanding the initial score. Immediately Yoshihito Nishioka would respond, who would see how his rival would chain a streak of five consecutive games with two breaks of serve in his favor. The Japanese racket was not finding itself at any time, something that allowed its opponent to take the victory. Despite needing two match points, Karen Khachanov gave her rival a resounding 6-1 victory. This confirmed his victory in the final of the China tournament.
2023-09-27 01:15:03
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