Alexander Shevchenko downs Karatsev in the 2nd round to set up a clash vs Cerundolo. HIGHLIGHTS – ALMATY RESULTS

Alexander Shevchenko bests Aslan Karatsev 6-1 6-7(5) 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Almaty on Wednesday. Shevchenko will clash against Francisco Cerundolo in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2^nd round in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

The Kazakhstani added to his prize money $ 13,140 after winning this match. He has already won $ 31,335 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alexander will add $ 22,740 to his earnings to get in total $ 54,075 in total.

Highlights Alexander Shevchenko vs. Aslan Karatsev Almaty Open – Almaty

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 97 points vs. Karatsev’s 85.

Shevchenko

Alexander served pretty well to win 78% of the points (47/60) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (20/33) on his second serve. Alexander didn’t lose the concentration in converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).

Karatsev

On the other side, the Russian didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Shevchenko and Karatsev is 2-0 for Alexander.

Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Shevchenko vs. Francisco Cerundolo – stats

Shevchenko will play Cerundolo in the quarter.

This will be the 3^rd time that Alexander Shevchenko and Francisco Cerundolo clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Shevchenko and Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Shevchenko won 7-6⁷ 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Shanghai back in October 2024.

Live score progression and stats

Shevchenko had a great start in this set after breaking Aslan Karatsev in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Kazakhstani improved his lead after breaking the Russian in the 6^th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

Aslan was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-1 to 6-1.

Shevchenko converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 30-40), the 4^th (3-0 30-40) and the 6^th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Kazakhstani didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 46 points. Shevchenko was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than the Russian (27-19). Alexander surrendered 6 points on serve (16-6). On the losing side, Karatsev conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).

The Russian won the set after he broke Shevchenko .

The Russian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7^th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Karatsev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 76 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Russian won this set even if he scored less points 6 than Alexander (35-41). Aslan dropped 7 points on serve (21-7). On the losing side, Shevchenko conceded 14 points on serve (34-14).

Alexander won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5^th (2-3) game, The Kazakhstani broke back in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 12^th game to win the set 7-5.

Alexander converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7^th (3-4 30-40) and the 12^th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Aslan was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5^th game (2-2 15-40).

They played 60 points. It’s worth to point out that, Alexander won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Aslan (29-31). Shevchenko dropped 11 points on serve (18-11). On the other side, Karatsev conceded 11 points on serve (20-11).

Tennis Scores in Almaty

• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Daniel EvansEvans (6-7¹⁰ 7-6⁴ 6-3)
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (7-6² 7-6³)
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-6⁴ 6-3)
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Tomas MachacMachac (3-1 ret.)
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-1 6-7⁵ 7-5)
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Borna CoricCoric (7-6¹ 6-4)
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Justin EngelEngel (6-4 7-6³)
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-2 6-4)

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• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (1-1) – H2H details and stats
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