Karen Khachanov dispatches Sonego in the 4th round to clash vs Djokovic at the French Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

Karen Khachanov wins against Lorenzo Sonego 1-6 6-4 7-6(7) 6-1 in the 4^th round in Paris on Sunday. Khachanov will face Novak Djokovic in the quarter. The battle lasted 3 hours and 29 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.

Paris

Khachanov's Record

The Russian added to his prize money € 160,000 after conquering this match. He has already won € 400,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Khachanov will add € 230,000 to his earnings to get in total € 630,000 in total.

Highlights Karen Khachanov vs. Lorenzo Sonego French Open – Paris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj2yUb54HsI

Khachanov’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Khachanov

Sonego

1-6 6-4 7-6⁷
6-1
3h:29

132

132

Total points

121

121

58

58

Winners

51

51

44%

44%

Ratio Winners

42%

42%

34

34

Unforced

34

34

50%

50%

Ratio Unforced

50%

50%

18/30

18/30

Net Approaches

19/25

19/25

60%

60%

Perc

76%

76%

-- Serve --

12

12

Aces

8

8

1

1

Double Faults

5

5

58%

58%

1st in

60%

60%

76%

76%

1st won

70%

70%

58/76

58/76

1st won

51/73

51/73

48%

48%

2nd won

48%

48%

27/56

27/56

2nd won

23/48

23/48

-- Break Points --

4/12

4/12

Total

4/14

4/14

33%

33%

Won

29%

29%

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At the end of the match, the Russian scored 132 points vs. the Italian’s 121.

Khachanov

Karen served extremely well to win 76% of the points (58/76) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 48% points (27/56) on his second serve. The Russian fired 12 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Khachanov won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.

Sonego

On the other side, Sonego wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 29% – 4/14). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Khachanov and Sonego is 3-1 for Karen.

Draw and next match H2H: Karen Khachanov vs. Novak Djokovic – stats

Khachanov will fight against Djokovic in the quarter.

This will be the 10^th time that Karen Khachanov and Novak Djokovic fight against each other. The head to head is 8-1 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Djokovic won 6-4 6-3 6-3 in the 4^th round in Paris back in 2020.

Live score progression and stats

Khachanov was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Lorenzo Sonego in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Italian managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the Russian in the 3^rd (3-0) and in the 7^th (6-1) game before winning the set.

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Lorenzo won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set so as to bring the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.

The Italian was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1^st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 3^rd (2-0 15-40) and the 7^th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, Sonego didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 51 points. Sonego won 13 more points than Karen (32-19). The Italian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (13-4). In addition, on the other side, Khachanov conceded 19 points on serve (15-19).

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Russian grabbed in the 5^th game (3-2) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

Khachanov converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 5^th game (2-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4^th game (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 74 points. Karen conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Lorenzo (41-33). Khachanov lost 9 points on serve (24-9). On the other side, the Italian conceded 17 points on serve (24-17).

Karen won the set after he broke Lorenzo in the 9^th (5-4) game. The Italian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10^th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, Khachanov maintained the focus to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 7.

Karen failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 30.

Karen lost a big opportunity to break Sonego in the 3^rd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Tiebreak

Karen won 3 minibreaks in the 5^th (1-4), 9^th (4-5) and 16^th (9-7) point. On the other side, the Italian won 2 minibreaks in the 2^nd (2-0) and 3^rd (3-0) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 0-4, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7

The Russian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9^th game (4-4 15-40). The Russian saved 3 set points when he was 3-5, 4-5 and 6-7 down. Moreover, on the other side, the Italian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 10^th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 89 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Khachanov won just 3 points more than Sonego (46-43). Khachanov lost 14 points on serve (31-14). In addition, on the other side, Lorenzo conceded 15 points on serve (29-15).

Khachanov came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Lorenzo Sonego in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Karen managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Lorenzo in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Karen converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6^th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Karen didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 39 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than Lorenzo (26-13). Karen surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the net, Lorenzo conceded 10 points on serve (8-10).

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