Aslan Karatsev aces Gilles Simon 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Moscow on Friday. Karatsev will try to keep the momentum against Karen Khachanov in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2015. Here you can see his history at this event.
Aslan added to his prize money $ 11,640 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 34,900 until now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Karatsev will add $ 14,125 to his earnings to get in total $ 49,025.
Highlights Aslan Karatsev vs. Gilles Simon Kremlin Cup – Moscow
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:26
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 64 points vs. the French player’s 46.
Karatsev
Aslan served extremely well to win 76% of the points (22/29) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (9/14) on his second serve. The Russian was pretty effective at converting 63% of the break points that he conquered (5/8).
Simon
On the other side, the French player was stunning in converting all his break points (2/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Karatsev and Simon is 1-0 for Aslan.
Draw and next match H2H: Aslan Karatsev vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
Karatsev will square off with Khachanov in the semifinal.
This will be the 6th time that Aslan Karatsev and Karen Khachanov face off. The head to head is 4-1 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on I.hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Khachanov won 7-67 6-4 in the 2nd round in Toronto back in August 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Karatsev won the set after he broke Gilles in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Gilles tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Notwithstanding, Aslan maintained the focus to win the set 6-4.
They contested 59 points. Karatsev won 9 points more than the French player (34-25). The Russian lost 6 points on serve (18-6). On the other side, Simon conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).
Khachanov commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Gilles Simon in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, the Russian was not done to come back to break Gilles 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
An important stage of this set was when Karatsev won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 0-2 to 4-2.
Aslan converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 0-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Gilles was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40).
They contested 49 points. Aslan conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Gilles (29-20). Karatsev surrendered 6 points on serve (13-6). In addition, on the other side, Simon conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).
Tennis Scores in Moscow
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Gilles SimonSimon (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-2 7-61) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – John MillmanMillman (7-5 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Marin CilicCilic (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (2-0) – H2H details and stats
