Karen Khachanov demolishes Zhizhen Zhang 6-4 6-1 in the quarter in Marseille on Friday after playing a solid match to face off with Grigor Dimitrov in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 1 minute. Karen won this tournament once in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Russian added to his prize money € 15,880 after winning this match. He has already won € 37,765 as of now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Khachanov will add € 26,475 to his earnings to get in total € 64,240.
Highlights Karen Khachanov vs. Zhizhen Zhang Open 13 Provence – Marseille
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Karen scored 54 points vs. Zhizhen’s 34.
Khachanov
Karen served extremely well to win 88% of the points (28/32) behind his first serve, and he won 73% points (8/11) on his second serve. The Russian was pretty effective at converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5).
Zhang
On the other side, Zhizhen wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Khachanov and Zhang is 1-0 for Karen.
Draw and next match H2H: Karen Khachanov vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats
Khachanov will square off with Dimitrov in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Karen Khachanov and Grigor Dimitrov face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Khachanov grabbed in the 10th game (6-4) before finally conquering the set (6-4).
Khachanov failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Karen converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Karen didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 52 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Zhizhen (31-21). Karen was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (24-3). On the losing side, Zhizhen conceded 7 points on serve (18-7).
Karen won the set after he broke Zhang in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
The Chinese had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Karen converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Karen didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 36 points. Khachanov won 10 more points than Zhang (23-13). Karen was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). on the other side of the court, the Chinese conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).
Tennis Scores in Marseille
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Ugo HumbertHumbert (3-0) – H2H details and stats