Karen Khachanov too good for Yoshihito Nishioka 6-0 6-0 7-6(4) in the 4th round in Melbourne on Sunday after playing a solid match to come up against Sebastian Korda in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 58 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Khachanov added to his prize money $ 217,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 555,250 after this win. If he wins the next match, Karen will add $ 369,750 to his earnings to get in total $ 925,000 in total.
Highlights Karen Khachanov vs. Yoshihito Nishioka Australian Open – Melbourne
Khachanov’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Karen scored 95 points vs. the Japanese’s 53.
Khachanov
The Russian served extremely well to win 93% of the points (43/46) behind his first serve. However he won only 44% points (14/32) on his second serve. Khachanov fired 15 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Karen was pretty focused in converting 70% of the break points that he conquered (7/10).
Nishioka
On the other side, Yoshihito was battling in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Khachanov and Nishioka is 3-1 for Karen.
Draw and next match H2H: Karen Khachanov vs. Sebastian Korda – stats
Khachanov will compete against Korda in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Karen Khachanov and Sebastian Korda face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Korda (see full H2H stats
), 1-0 on hard.Live score progression and stats
This set was completely uneven because the Russian conceded no games to the Japanese before winning the set 6-0.
Khachanov converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40). On the other side, Karen didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 38 points. The Russian won 16 more points than the Japanese (27-11). Khachanov dropped 6 points on serve (14-6). On the other side, Nishioka conceded 13 points on serve (5-13).
This set was completely uneven as Khachanov conceded no games to Yoshihito before winning the set 6-0.
Karen was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 3rd (3-0 0-40) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40). On the other side, Khachanov didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 26 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 22 more points than Nishioka (24-2). Khachanov was astonishing on serve to concede barely 1 point during his serving games (12-1). Regarding the other side of the net, Nishioka conceded 12 points on serve (1-12).
Khachanov was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Yoshihito Nishioka in the 2nd game (2-0). However, there was more to do for Khachanov to win the set because the Japanese found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Russian maintained his cool before winning the set at the breaker at 4.
Tiebreak
Khachanov won 2 minibreaks in the 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Karen converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Nishioka converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (0-2 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 84 points. The Russian won 4 more points than Yoshihito (44-40). The Russian conceded 14 points on serve (31-14). on the other side of the court, the Japanese conceded 13 points on serve (26-13).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
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- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-4 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-0 6-0 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (3-6 6-3 6-2 1-6 7-67) – Stats and score progression
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