Karen Khachanov gets the better of Machac in the 3rd round to play vs Sinner at the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Khachanov victorious over Machac to compete against Jannik Sinner in the 4th round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Tomas Machac

Karen Khachanov downs Tomas Machac 6-4 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(5) in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday. Khachanov will clash against Jannik Sinner in the 4th round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 24 minutes. His most significant achievement 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 $ 120,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 375,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Khachanov will add $ 225,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 600,000 in total.

Highlights Karen Khachanov vs. Tomas Machac Australian Open – Melbourne

Khachanov’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Khachanov
Machac
Karen Khachanov
6-4 7-64 4-6
7-65
3h:24
Tomas Machac
145
145
Total points
147
147
81
81
Winners
68
68
56%
56%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
33
33
Unforced
46
46
42%
42%
Ratio Unforced
58%
58%
16/30
16/30
Net Approaches
39/52
39/52
53%
53%
Perc
75%
75%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
17
17
5
5
Double Faults
5
5
67%
67%
1st in
66%
66%
74%
74%
1st won
81%
81%
81/110
81/110
1st won
68/84
68/84
53%
53%
2nd won
56%
56%
29/55
29/55
2nd won
24/43
24/43
206
206
Fastest serve
206
206
190
190
AVG 1st Serve
185
185
150
150
AVG 2nd Serve
158
158
-- Break Points --
2/3
2/3
Total
2/19
2/19
67%
67%
Won
11%
11%
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Karen won this match even if he scored less points than Machac (145 vs. 147).

Khachanov

Khachanov blasted 17 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Khachanov was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (2/3).

Machac

On the other side, the Czech had a tough time converting his break points (only 11% – 2/19). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Karen Khachanov vs. Jannik Sinner – stats

Khachanov will square off with Sinner in the 4th round.

This will be the 4th time that Karen Khachanov and Jannik Sinner fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

Karen Khachanov Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Khachanov conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).

Karen converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A). On the other side, Tomas was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).

They contested 68 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Karen won just 2 more points than Tomas (35-33). Khachanov conceded 9 points on serve (23-9). On the other side, Tomas conceded 12 points on serve (24-12).

2nd Set -
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Karen won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Karen broke back in the 7th (3-4) game to win the set 7-6.

Karen was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (2-4 15-40). On the other side, Tomas converted 11% of his break points (1/9). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (4-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 89 points. Khachanov won 7 points more than Machac (48-41). Khachanov surrendered 24 points on serve (38-24). In addition, on the other side, Machac conceded 10 points on serve (17-10).

3rd Set -
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Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Czech snatched in the 7th game (4-3) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

Tomas was on the money in converting all his break points in the 6th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Czech didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 51 points. Machac won 7 more points than the Russian (29-22). Machac was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). on the other side of the court, Karen conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).

4th Set -
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Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Karen won the tiebreak at 7-5.

Tiebreak

Karen won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (5-1) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Machac won a minibreak in the 8th (3-5) point.

Karen won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.

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

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Tomas was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (2-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A).

They contested 83 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Russian won this set even if he scored less points 9 than the Czech (37-46). Karen dropped 17 points on serve (31-17). on the other side of the net, Machac conceded 6 points on serve (29-6).

1st
Khachanov
Machac
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Khachanov
Machac
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
2
4
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Khachanov
Machac
4-6
4
6
4
5
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
4th
Khachanov
Machac
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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