Karen Khachanov topples Alexei Popyrin 7-6(12) 6-2 in the semifinal in Doha on Friday. Khachanov will fight against Jakub Mensik in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Khachanov added to his prize money $ 51,030 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 123,840 after this win. If he wins the next match, Khachanov will add $ 88,460 to his earnings to get in total $ 212,300 in total.
Highlights Karen Khachanov vs. Alexei Popyrin Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:48
At the end of the match, Khachanov scored 79 points vs. Alexei’s 63.
Khachanov
Khachanov served very well to win 82% of the points (41/50) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 45% points (10/22) on his second serve. Khachanov didn’t lose the concentration in converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5).
Popyrin
On the other side, Alexei was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Khachanov and Popyrin is 3-1 for Karen.
Draw and next match H2H: Karen Khachanov vs. Jakub Mensik – stats
Khachanov will take on Mensik in the final.
There is no head to head record between Karen Khachanov and Jakub Mensik since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-612 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 1-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
