
Karen Khachanov conquers Nick Kyrgios 7-5 4-6 7-5 6-7(3) 6-4 in the quarter in New York on Tuesday. Khachanov will seek to keep on going in this event against Casper Ruud in the semifinal. The battle lasted 3 hours and 39 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2018 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Russian added to his prize money $ 260,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 705,000 as of now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 595,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,300,000.
Highlights Karen Khachanov vs. Nick Kyrgios U.S. Open – New York
Khachanov’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 167 points vs. Kyrgios’s 159.
Khachanov
The Russian served very well to win 77% of the points (76/99) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (43/67) on his second serve. Khachanov fired 30 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Khachanov didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8).
Kyrgios
On the other side, Kyrgios had a tough time converting his break points (only 22% – 2/9). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Khachanov and Kyrgios is 2-1 for Karen.
Draw and next match H2H: Karen Khachanov vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Khachanov will compete against Ruud in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Karen Khachanov and Casper Ruud square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Russian conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
The Russian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 40-A). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 60 points. The Russian won 6 more points than Kyrgios (33-27). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (24-4). on the other side of the court, the Australian conceded 9 points on serve (23-9).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Nick clinched in the 3rd game (2-1) before eventually conquering the set (6-4).
The Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 58 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Nick won just 2 points more than the Russian (30-28). The Australian conceded 10 points on serve (22-10). On the other side, Karen conceded 8 points on serve (18-8).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Russian conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
They played 71 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Khachanov won just 3 points more than Nick (37-34). The Russian lost 12 points on serve (28-12). On the losing side, Nick conceded 9 points on serve (22-9).
Kyrgios won the set after he broke Karen in the 5th (3-2) game. Karen tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Notwithstanding, Kyrgios kept the situation under control to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 3.
Tiebreak
Nick won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point.
The Australian 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, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
The Australian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, the Russian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (2-3 15-40).
They contested 71 points. It’s worth to point out that, Kyrgios won this set even if he scored less points 1 than the Russian (35-36). Kyrgios surrendered 10 points on serve (25-10). On the losing side, Karen conceded 10 points on serve (26-10).
Khachanov started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Nick Kyrgios in the 1st game (1-0). Khachanov to win the set (6-4) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
They contested 65 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally the Russian won just 1 point more than the Australian (33-32). The Russian surrendered 13 points on serve (24-13). on the other side of the court, Nick conceded 9 points on serve (19-9).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (7-5 4-6 7-5 6-73 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-1 6-4 7-64) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Casper RuudRuud (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (2-1) – H2H details and stats