Karen Khachanov conquers John Millman 7-5 7-6(4) in the quarter in Moscow on Friday. Khachanov will play against Aslan Karatsev in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 24 minutes. The Russian won this tournament once in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
Khachanov added to his prize money $ 11,640 after winning this match. He has won already $ 34,900 so far in this tournament. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 14,125 to his earnings to get in total $ 49,025.
Highlights Karen Khachanov vs. John Millman Kremlin Cup – Moscow
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Karen scored 102 points vs. Millman’s 93.
Khachanov
Khachanov served pretty well to win 76% of the points (44/58) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 42% points (15/36) on his second serve. Khachanov blasted 19 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Karen won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 20% (3/15) of the procured opportunities.
Millman
On the other side, John was battling in converting his break points (only 17% – 2/12). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Khachanov and Millman is 2-1 for Karen.
Draw and next match H2H: Karen Khachanov vs. Aslan Karatsev – stats
Khachanov will compete against Karatsev in the semifinal.
This will be the 6th time that Karen Khachanov and Aslan Karatsev fight against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on I.hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Khachanov won 7-67 6-4 in the 2nd round in Toronto back in August 2021.
Live score progression and stats
The Russian won the set after he broke the Australian in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. John tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Anyhow, Karen managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 7-5.
The Russian won the set after he broke the Australian in the 7th (4-3) game. John tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. However, the Russian kept the situation under control to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.
Tiebreak
The Russian won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Millman won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 7th (2-5) and 9th (4-5) point.
Karen won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
They played 104 points. Khachanov was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than John (57-47). Khachanov dropped 20 points on serve (30-20). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 27 points on serve (27-27).
Tennis Scores in Moscow
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- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Gilles SimonSimon (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – John MillmanMillman (7-5 7-64) – 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