Arthur Rinderknech tops the 2022 runner-up Karen Khachanov 7-6(7) 7-5 in the quarter in Adelaide on Thursday. Rinderknech will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Corentin Moutet in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes.
Highlights Arthur Rinderknech vs. Karen Khachanov Adelaide International 2 – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:41
At the end of the match, Rinderknech scored 76 points vs. the Russian’s 69.
Rinderknech
The French player served very well to win 82% of the points (41/50) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (14/26) on his second serve. Arthur struck 13 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The French player was absolutely great in converting all the break points (2/2).
Khachanov
On the other side, the Russian was battling in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Rinderknech and Khachanov is 1-0 for Arthur.
Draw and next match H2H: Arthur Rinderknech vs. Corentin Moutet – stats
Rinderknech will play Moutet in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Arthur Rinderknech and Corentin Moutet since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Rinderknech won a thrilling breaker 9-7 after a huge fight with 16 points played.
Tiebreak
The French player won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 10th (5-5), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Karen won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 8th (5-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. The French player saved 3 set points when he was 3-5, 4-5 and 5-6 down. Furthermore, on the other side, Rinderknech didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 78 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the French player won just 2 more points than Khachanov (40-38). Arthur dropped 9 points on serve (29-9). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 11 points on serve (29-11).
Rinderknech was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Karen Khachanov in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for Arthur to win the set as Karen found the way to break back in the 8th (4-4) game. Rinderknech kept his cool to break Karen in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Rinderknech was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). On the other side, Khachanov converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 7th (3-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 67 points. The French player was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Khachanov (36-31). Rinderknech surrendered 12 points on serve (25-12). on the other side of the net, Khachanov conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).
Tennis Scores in Adelaide
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-75 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-67 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Tommy PaulPaul (6-4 2-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Marin CilicCilic – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – H2H details and stats
