Karen Khachanov bests Kovacevic in the 2nd round to collide vs Tiafoe or Machac. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE RESULTS. Khachanov defeats Kovacevic to play Frances Tiafoe or Tomas Machac in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic

Karen Khachanov bests Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Khachanov will try to keep the momentum against Frances Tiafoe or Tomas Machac in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes. His best result in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Khachanov
Melbourne
Khachanov's Record

Karen added to his prize money $ 75,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 255,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Khachanov will add $ 120,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 375,000 in total.

Highlights Karen Khachanov vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Khachanov
Kovacevic
Karen Khachanov
6-4 6-3 4-6
6-3
2h:30
Aleksandar Kovacevic
119
119
Total points
98
98
51
51
Winners
46
46
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
30
30
Unforced
41
41
42%
42%
Ratio Unforced
58%
58%
3/5
3/5
Net Approaches
13/21
13/21
60%
60%
Perc
62%
62%
-- Serve --
22
22
Aces
16
16
0
0
Double Faults
5
5
66%
66%
1st in
57%
57%
75%
75%
1st won
71%
71%
51/68
51/68
1st won
46/65
46/65
63%
63%
2nd won
45%
45%
22/35
22/35
2nd won
22/49
22/49
207
207
Fastest serve
217
217
192
192
AVG 1st Serve
198
198
159
159
AVG 2nd Serve
154
154
-- Break Points --
6/12
6/12
Total
3/10
3/10
50%
50%
Won
30%
30%
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At the end of the match, the Russian scored 119 points vs. the American’s 98.

Khachanov

Karen served extremely well to win 75% of the points (51/68) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (22/35) on his second serve. The Russian blasted 22 aces without committing any double fault. The Russian was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (6/12).

Kovacevic

On the other side, Kovacevic wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Khachanov and Kovacevic is 1-0 for Karen.

Draw and next match H2H: Karen Khachanov vs. Frances Tiafoe or Tomas Machac – stats

Khachanov will take on either Frances Tiafoe or Tomas Machac in the 3rd round. The head to head is 3-0 vs. Frances Tiafoe and 0-0 vs. Tomas Machac.Karen Khachanov Draw info

1st
Khachanov
Kovacevic
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
1
4
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
2nd
Khachanov
Kovacevic
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
3rd
Khachanov
Kovacevic
4-6
4
6
4
5
3
5
3
4
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
4th
Khachanov
Kovacevic
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
 

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