Aslan Karatsev shocks Alex De Minaur 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Tokyo on Friday after playing a remarkable match to square off with Shintaro Mochizuki in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes.
The Russian added to his prize money $ 48,720 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 99,615 as of now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Karatsev will add $ 87,305 to his earnings to get in total $ 186,920.
Highlights Aslan Karatsev vs. Alex De Minaur Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:36
At the end of the match, Aslan scored 64 points vs. the Australian’s 53.
Karatsev
Aslan was pretty effective at converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5).
De Minaur
On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Karatsev and De Minaur is 2-1 for Aslan.
Draw and next match H2H: Aslan Karatsev vs. Shintaro Mochizuki – stats
Karatsev will compete against Mochizuki in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Aslan Karatsev and Shintaro Mochizuki since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Aslan conquered in the 6th game (4-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).
Aslan converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, De Minaur was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 7th (2-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A).
They played 72 points. This set was so close that, Aslan won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Aslan dropped 18 points on serve (29-18). on the other side of the court, De Minaur conceded 7 points on serve (18-7).
Aslan in this set didn’t concede much to Alex and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking the Australian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Alex was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-2 to 6-2.
The Russian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 45 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than De Minaur (28-17). The Russian dropped 6 points on serve (16-6). In addition, on the other side, De Minaur conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-5 2-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Tommy PaulPaul (7-64 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
