BEIJING. Khachanov victorious over Cuevas in the 1st round

Karen Khachanov ousts Pablo Cuevas 6-2 7-6⁷ in the 1^st round in Beijing on Monday. Khachanov will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Jeremy Chardy in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Khachanov in this set was much more effective than the Uruguayan and therefore he won 6-2 after breaking the Uruguayan in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

2^nd set.

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Khachanov won the tiebreak at 7.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Karen scored 77 points vs. Cuevas’s 59 points.

Khachanov served extremely well to win 77% of the points (33/43) behind his first serve, and he won 76% points (16/21) on his second serve. Karen was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4). On the other side, Cuevas wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Khachanov and Cuevas is 3-1 for Karen.

Next Match: Karen Khachanov vs. Jeremy Chardy – stats

Khachanov will come up against Chardy in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Karen Khachanov and Jeremy Chardy since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Alexander ZverevZverev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-2 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 3-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Zhe LiLi (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-7⁷ 6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Christian GarinGarin (7-6⁵ 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-2 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Andy MurrayMurray – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-0) – See H2H details
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (3-0) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – John IsnerIsner (7-4) – See H2H details
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Fabio FogniniFognini (2-2) – See H2H details
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-1) – See H2H details
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Guido PellaPella (1-0) – See H2H details
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (3-0) – See H2H details
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-2) – See H2H details
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Jeremy ChardyChardy (0-0) – See H2H details
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (1-0) – See H2H details