MOSCOW RESULTS. Andreas Seppi stuns Khachanov in the quarter of the Kremlin Cup

KREMLIN CUP - MOSCOW RESULTS. Seppi stuns Khachanov to square off with Adrian Mannarino in the semifinal

By
John Ross
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Prediction and head to head Andreas Seppi vs. Karen Khachanov

Andreas Seppi upsets Karen Khachanov 3-6 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Moscow on Friday. Seppi will play Adrian Mannarino in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Khachanov won the set after he broke the Italian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. That break was sufficient for the Russian to win the set since he didn’t concede his serve in the rest of the set.

2nd set.

Andreas won the set after he broke Khachanov in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. That break turned to be decisive for Andreas to win the set because he didn’t concede his serve during the rest of the set.

3rd set.

Khachanov had a racing start in this set after breaking Seppi in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the Italian refused to bow to come back to break the Russian in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Seppi scored 99 points vs. Karen’s 93 points.

The Italian won this match even if he was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 40% (4/10). On the other side, Khachanov was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 27% of his break points (3/11). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Seppi and Khachanov is 1-1.

Next Match: Andreas Seppi vs. Adrian Mannarino – stats

Seppi will take on Mannarino in the semifinal.

This will be the 9th time that Andreas Seppi and Adrian Mannarino fight against each other. The head to head is 4-4 for Seppi and Mannarino (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Mannarino won 7-5 7-5 in the semifinal in Moscow back in 2018.

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