Karen Khachanov grounds Daniel Evans 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in Dubai on Monday after playing a fantastic match to come up against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Russian added to his prize money $ 22,100 after winning this match. He has already won $ 47,350 after this win. If he wins the next match, Khachanov will add $ 41,350 to his earnings to get in total $ 88,700 in total.
Highlights Karen Khachanov vs. Daniel Evans Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 62 points vs. Daniel’s 37.
Khachanov
Karen was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (5/10).
Evans
On the other side, the Brit had a tough time converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Khachanov and Evans is 1-5 for Daniel.
Draw and next match H2H: Karen Khachanov vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Khachanov will compete against Tsitsipas in the 2nd round.
This will be the 10th time that Karen Khachanov and Stefanos Tsitsipas square off. The head to head is 8-1 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Tsitsipas won 6-4 7-68 in the 2nd round in Shanghai back in 2018.
Live score progression and stats
Khachanov started the set strong after breaking Daniel Evans in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Russian extended his lead after breaking Daniel in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.
Khachanov failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 15.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Khachanov won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
The Russian converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th
game (5-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Karen didn’t concede a single break point during this set.They played 45 points. Karen was the winner of the set after clinching 19 points more than Daniel (32-13
). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). On the other side, the Brit conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).Khachanov overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Daniel Evans in the 2nd game (2-0). However, that was not enough for the Russian to win the set because Daniel found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Karen maintained his cool to break the Brit in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Karen converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). In addition on the other side, Daniel converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 54 points. Karen was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than the Brit (30-24). Khachanov dropped 12 points on serve (19-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Evans conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (3-6 6-3 7-64)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Daniel EvansEvans (6-1 6-3)
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-64 6-3)
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Hady HabibHabib (6-2 6-4)
- Zizou BergsBergs – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-3 6-3)
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