Karen Khachanov aces Kokkinakis in the 3rd round to collide vs Sonego at the French Open – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

Karen Khachanov gets the better of Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4 6-1 3-6 7-6(5) in the 3^rd round in Paris on Friday. Khachanov will face Lorenzo Sonego in the 4^th round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 42 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

Karen added to his prize money € 98,000 after winning this match. He has already won € 240,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Karen will add € 160,000 to his earnings to get in total € 400,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, the Russian scored 137 points vs. the Australian’s 121.

Khachanov

The Russian won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 29% (5/17) of the procured opportunities.

Kokkinakis

On the other side, Kokkinakis wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Khachanov and Kokkinakis is 2-0 for Karen.

Draw and next match H2H: Karen Khachanov vs. Lorenzo Sonego – stats

Khachanov will take on Sonego in the 4^th round.

This will be the 4^th time that Karen Khachanov and Lorenzo Sonego clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

Live score progression and stats

Khachanov clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Khachanov broke back in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 10^th game to win the set 6-4.

Kokkinakis was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-4 to 6-4.

Khachanov converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 8^th (3-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3^rd game (1-1 40-A).

They contested 61 points. Karen was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Kokkinakis (35-26). Karen dropped 9 points on serve (19-9). On the other side, Kokkinakis conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).

Khachanov started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Thanasi Kokkinakis in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Russian extended his lead after breaking the Australian in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Khachanov converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4^th (3-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6^th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 45 points. Karen was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than the Australian (30-15). The Russian conceded 5 points on serve (17-5). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Australian grabbed in the 8^th

game (5-3) prior to finally conquering the set (6-3).

The Australian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 8^th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Russian was on the money in converting all his break points in the 7^th game (3-3 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 61 points. Kokkinakis was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than the Russian (35-26). Kokkinakis dropped 12 points on serve (27-12). On the losing side, Khachanov conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).

Khachanov conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Thanasi Kokkinakis in the 1^st game (1-0). However, the Russian managed to stage a good comeback to break the Australian in the 10^th

(5-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.

Tiebreak

Khachanov won 5 minibreaks in the 3^rd (1-2), 6^th (2-4), 7^th (3-4), 10^th (6-4) and 12^th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Australian won 3 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 4^th (3-1) and 5^th (4-1) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5

The Russian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10^th game (4-5 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Kokkinakis converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4^th game (3-1 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 91 points. It’s worth to point out that, Karen won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Thanasi (45-46). Khachanov dropped 19 points on serve (28-19). on the other side of the court, the Australian conceded 17 points on serve (27-17).

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