Karen Khachanov routs Matteo Berrettini 6-1 6-4 in the quarter in Vienna on Friday after playing a superlative match to face off with Alex De Minaur in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the quarter in 2016, 2019 and 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Khachanov added to his prize money € 64,790 after winning this match. He has already won € 132,470 till now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Khachanov will add € 116,070 to his earnings to get in total € 248,540.
Highlights Karen Khachanov vs. Matteo Berrettini Erste Bank Open – Vienna
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 60 points vs. the Italian’s 43.
Khachanov
Karen served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (26/33) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (13/19) on his second serve. Khachanov won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 25% (3/12) of the procured opportunities.
Berrettini
On the other side, Berrettini wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Khachanov and Berrettini is 1-4 for Matteo.
Draw and next match H2H: Karen Khachanov vs. Alex De Minaur – stats
Khachanov will compete against De Minaur in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Karen Khachanov and Alex De Minaur face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Khachanov and De Minaur (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Khachanov had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Matteo Berrettini in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Khachanov improved his lead after breaking Berrettini in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
The Russian wasted a good opportunity to break Berrettini in the 4th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The Italian was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-1 to 6-1.
Karen converted 18% of his break points (2/11). He had 11 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Khachanov didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 55 points. Karen was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than the Italian (33-22). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (17-4). On the losing side, the Italian conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Russian snatched in the 9th game (5-4) before finally conquering the set (6-4).
The Russian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-4 0-40). On the other side, Matteo was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 48 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Berrettini (27-21). Khachanov surrendered 9 points on serve (22-9). On the losing side, Berrettini conceded 5 points on serve (12-5).
Tennis Scores in Vienna
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jakub MensikMensik (6-72 6-3 6-4)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Alexander ZverevZverev (2-6 7-65 6-4)
- Jack DraperDraper – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 3-6 6-1)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-1 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Jack DraperDraper (0-2) – H2H details and stats