Karen Khachanov conquers Marin Cilic 7-6(3) 6-3 in the semifinal in Adelaide on Saturday. Khachanov will try to keep the momentum against Gael Monfils in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 54 minutes.
Khachanov added to his prize money $ 21,145 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 48,365 after this win. If he wins the next match, Khachanov will add $ 39,005 to his earnings to get in total $ 87,370 in total.
Highlights Karen Khachanov vs. Marin Cilic Adelaide International 1 – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 83 points vs. the Croatian’s 71.
Khachanov
The Russian didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (1/2).
Cilic
On the other side, the Croatian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Khachanov and Cilic is 1-2 for Marin.
Draw and next match H2H: Karen Khachanov vs. Gael Monfils – stats
Khachanov will come up against Monfils in the final.
There is no head to head record between Karen Khachanov and Gael Monfils since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Karen won the breaker at 7-3.
Tiebreak
Khachanov won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Cilic won a minibreak in the 6th (2-4) point.
Karen won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Cilic wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-2 40-A).
They contested 95 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Khachanov won just 3 points more than Cilic (49-46). Khachanov dropped 20 points on serve (36-20). On the other side, Marin conceded 13 points on serve (26-13).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Karen conquered in the 4th game (3-1) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
The Russian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Cilic was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 59 points. Karen was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Cilic (34-25). Karen lost 8 points on serve (22-8). on the other side of the court, Marin conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).
Tennis Scores in Adelaide
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Marin CilicCilic (7-63 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (7-5 6-0) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H details and stats