Jack Draper topples Karen Khachanov 6-4 7-6(3) in the quarter in Adelaide on Thursday. Draper will try to keep the momentum against Soon-Woo Kwon in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes.
The Brit added to his prize money $ 14,100 after winning this match. He has won already $ 33,525 until now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, the Brit will add $ 23,500 to his earnings to get in total $ 57,025.
Highlights Jack Draper vs. Karen Khachanov Adelaide International 2 – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Brit scored 76 points vs. Khachanov’s 67.
Draper
The Brit served very well to win 80% of the points (35/44) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (13/24) on his second serve. Jack blasted 10 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Jack won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Khachanov
On the other side, Khachanov was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Draper and Khachanov is 1-2 for Karen.
Draw and next match H2H: Jack Draper vs. Soon-Woo Kwon – stats
Draper will face Kwon in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Jack Draper and Soon-Woo Kwon fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Draper (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Draper won 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in Adelaide back in January 2023.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Brit clinched in the 3rd game (2-1) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
The Brit converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Karen wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They played 56 points. Jack was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Karen (30-26). Jack conceded 8 points on serve (21-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Karen conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).
Jack won the set after he broke Karen in the 5th (3-2) game. Khachanov tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. However, Jack kept the focus to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 3.
Tiebreak
The Brit won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
The Brit converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40). On the other side, the Russian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They contested 87 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Brit won just 3 points more than Khachanov (45-42). Draper lost 12 points on serve (26-12). On the losing side, Karen conceded 19 points on serve (30-19).
Tennis Scores in Adelaide
- Jack DraperDraper – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-4 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Mikael YmerYmer (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 6-74 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jack DraperDraper – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (1-0) – H2H details and stats