Karen Khachanov aces Andrey Rublev 7-6(8) 6-4 in the 4th round in Madrid on Tuesday in what was an all-Russian affair. Khachanov will square off with Carlos Alcaraz or Alexander Zverev in the Round Robin. The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 2nd round in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Karen added to his prize money € 76,625 after conquering this match. He has already won € 161,525 after this win. If he wins the next match, Karen will add € 147,265 to his earnings to get in total € 308,790 in total.
Highlights Karen Khachanov vs. Andrey Rublev Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Karen scored 76 points vs. Rublev’s 69.
Khachanov
Karen served very well to win 80% of the points (35/44) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (18/28) on his second serve. Karen won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.
Rublev
On the other side, Andrey wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Khachanov and Rublev is 4-3 for Karen.
Draw and next match H2H: Karen Khachanov vs. Carlos Alcaraz or Alexander Zverev – stats
Khachanov will compete against either Carlos Alcaraz or Alexander Zverev in the Round Robin. The head to head is 0-2 vs. Carlos Alcaraz and 2-3 vs. Alexander Zverev.
Live score progression and stats
Karen won the set after he broke Rublev .
Khachanov was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 14th game (7-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Khachanov didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 92 points. It’s worth to point out that, Karen won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Andrey (45-47). Karen surrendered 8 points on serve (25-8). on the other side of the net, Rublev conceded 20 points on serve (39-20).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Khachanov snatched in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to finally conquering the set (6-4).
Karen was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A). On the other side, Andrey wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They played 52 points. Karen won 8 more points than Rublev (30-22). Khachanov lost 8 points on serve (22-8). On the other side, Andrey conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).
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- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-61 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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