Jannik Sinner survives Karen Khachanov 7-64 4-6 7-64 in the semifinal in Melbourne on Saturday after conquering a huge battle. Sinner will play against Stefano Travaglia in the final. The epic lasted 3 hour and 07 minutes.
Sinner was elated with the outcome of the contest. He commented:
“A lot of credit [to Khachanov]. We had a great battle at the US Open as well, 7-6 in the fifth. He is a great player and I am very happy to be in the final,”
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs. Karen Khachanov Great Ocean Road Open – Melbourne
Sinner’s Interview
Live score progression and stats
The Italian won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (2-2) and in the 11th (5-6) game, Jannik broke back in the 12th (6-6) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-4.
Tiebreak
Sinner won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 7th (4-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Khachanov won a minibreak in the 1st (1-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
They contested 91 points. Jannik won 11 more points than Karen (51-40). The Italian surrendered 9 points on serve (27-9). On the other side, the Russian conceded 24 points on serve (31-24
).Khachanov took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Sinner in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Karen to win the set as Sinner managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. The Russian maintained his cool to break the Italian in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
They contested 56 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Karen won just 2 more points than Jannik (29-27). The Russian dropped 12 points on serve (14-12). On the losing side, the Italian conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).
Sinner came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Khachanov in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more to do for the Italian to win the set as the Russian found the way to break back in the 10th (5-5) game. Jannik maintained his focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.
Tiebreak
Jannik won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Russian won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3) and 8th (4-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-c
They played 97 points. Sinner conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Khachanov (52-45). Sinner dropped 24 points on serve (32-24). On the other side, Khachanov conceded 20 points on serve (21-20).
The Italian added to his prize money $ 3,255 after winning this match. He has won already $ 13,255 after this win. If he wins the next match, Jannik will add $ 6,245 to his earnings to get in total $ 19,500 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Jannik scored 129 points vs. Khachanov’s 121.
Sinner
Sinner fired 10 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Jannik won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Khachanov
On the other side, Karen was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 29% – 5/17). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Sinner and Khachanov is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Jannik Sinner vs. Stefano Travaglia – stats
Sinner will compete against Travaglia in the final.
There is no head to head record between Jannik Sinner and Stefano Travaglia since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Melbourne
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-64 4-6 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H details and stats