Daniel Evans gets the better of Karen Khachanov 3-6 7-67 6-4 in the quarter in Antwerp on Friday. Evans is going to play against Ugo Humbert in the semifinal.
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The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Khachanov conquered in the 6th game (4-2) just before eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Karen converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Evans was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 64 points. Karen conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Evans (36-28). The Russian surrendered 14 points on serve (28-14). Regarding the other side of the net, the Brit conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).
Khachanov had a favorable start in this set after breaking Evans in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Daniel managed to stage a great comeback to break Khachanov in the 8th (4-4) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 7.
Tiebreak
Evans won 2 minibreaks in the 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-c
They contested 96 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Brit won just 2 points more than Khachanov (49-47). Daniel surrendered 14 points on serve (33-14). on the other side of the court, the Russian conceded 16 points on serve (33-16).
Evans had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Khachanov in the 1st game (1-0). That was enough for Evans to win the set (6-4) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
The Brit was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40). On the other side, the Brit didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 51 points. Daniel won 5 points more than the Russian (28-23). The Brit surrendered 5 points on serve (20-5). on the other side of the net, Khachanov conceded 8 points on serve (18-8).
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Evans won this contest even if he scored the same amount of points of Khachanov (105 vs. 105).
Evans served extremely well to win 84% of the points (47/56) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (21/39) on his second serve. Evans won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 25% (2/8) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Karen was not so effective in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Evans and Khachanov is 2-0 for Daniel.
Highlights Daniel Evans vs. Karen Khachanov European Open – Antwerp
Draw and next match H2H: Daniel Evans vs. Ugo Humbert – stats
Evans will compete against Humbert in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Daniel Evans and Ugo Humbert square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Evans (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
Tennis Scores in Antwerp
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-3 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Marcos GironGiron (6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (3-6 7-67 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniel EvansEvans – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Milos RaonicRaonic (3-2) – H2H details and stats
