Karen Khachanov and Hyeon Chung will face off in the quarters of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship on Thursday. Karen replaced fellow Russian Daniil Medvedev in Abu Dhabi as the world no.5 got injured to his leg after playing and winning the Diriyah Tennis Cup in Riyadh.
Chung is trying to find his best form after he was sidelined for long with multiple injuries (the last one was to his back). Karen and Hyeon have never played each other so far and the winner will take on the world no.1 Rafael Nadal for a place in the final.
Prediction, odds and who is the favorite
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Khachanov that should win in 2 sets.
Regarding the initial odds of bet365, Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Khachanov-> 1.36
Chung-> 3.00
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On the other side of the draw, Stefanos Tsitsipas will face Andrey Rublev that has recently defeated the Greek in the 1st round at the US Open. The winner will face off Novak Djokovic.
Karen Khachanov’s ranking and performance in 2019
Now ranked no.17, the Russian played his last match on the 29th of October when he capitulated to Jan-Lennard Struff 7-65 3-6 7-5 in the 2nd round in Paris.
Karen Khachanov’s most significant result of the current year was reaching the semi-finals in Montreal and Beijing.
Hyeon Chung’s ranking and performance in 2019
Now the world no.128, Chung played his last match on the 24th of October when he surrendered to Andrey Rublev 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Vienna.
During this season the Korean has a 17-10 win-loss record. Chung conquered 1 title in the Chengdu Challenger.
Karen Khachanov and Hyeon Chung have never played each other.
Andrey Rublev’s ranking and performance in 2019
Currently ranked no.23, the Russian played his last match on the 28th of October when he had to surrender to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4-6 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Paris.
This season the Russian has a 50-27 win-loss record. The Russian conquered 1 title in Moscow. The Russian was the runner-up in the Indian Wells Challenger and in Hamburg.
Stefanos Tsitsipas’s ranking and performance in 2019
At the moment ranked no.6, the Greek played his last match on the 17th of November when he defeated Dominic Thiem 6-76 6-2 7-64 in the final in London to win his 4th career title.
At the moment, this season the Greek has a 53-25 win-loss record. The Greek conquered 3 titles in 2019 in Marseille, in Estoril and in London. Stefanos was the runner-up in Dubai, in Madrid and in Beijing.
Andrey Rublev and Stefanos Tsitsipas played each other 2 times. The head to head is 1-1.
The last time that they locked horns, won 6-4 6-75 7-67 7-5 in the 1st round in New York (U.S. Open) on the 27th of August 2019.
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