Alexander Shevchenko bests Aslan Karatsev 6-1 6-7(5) 7-5 in the 2nd 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 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

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Shevchenko's Record

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

Shevchenko
Karatsev
6-1 6-75 7-5
2h:20
97
97
Total points
85
85
47
47
Winners
40
40
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
3
3
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
65%
65%
1st in
64%
64%
78%
78%
1st won
70%
70%
47/60
47/60
1st won
40/57
40/57
61%
61%
2nd won
59%
59%
20/33
20/33
2nd won
19/32
19/32
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
Total
1/2
1/2
57%
57%
Won
50%
50%
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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 3rd 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 2nd round in Shanghai back in October 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Shevchenko had a great start in this set after breaking Aslan Karatsev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Kazakhstani improved his lead after breaking the Russian in the 6th (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 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th 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).

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The Russian won the set after he broke Shevchenko .

The Russian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th 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).

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

Alexander converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-4 30-40) and the 12th 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 5th 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).

1st
Shevchenko
Karatsev
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Shevchenko
Karatsev
6-7
6
7
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Shevchenko
Karatsev
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
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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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