Aslan Karatsev ousts Egor Gerasimov 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Moscow on Thursday. Karatsev will square off with Gilles Simon in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2015. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Russian added to his prize money $ 8,300 after winning this match. He has won already $ 23,260 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 11,640 to his earnings to get in total $ 34,900 in total.
Highlights Aslan Karatsev vs. Egor Gerasimov Kremlin Cup – Moscow
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:26
At the end of the match, Karatsev scored 63 points vs. Gerasimov’s 53.
Karatsev
The Russian served extremely well to win 76% of the points (26/34) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (12/19) on his second serve. The Russian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Gerasimov
On the other side, Egor wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Karatsev and Gerasimov is 3-2 for Aslan.
Draw and next match H2H: Aslan Karatsev vs. Gilles Simon – stats
Karatsev will face Simon in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Aslan Karatsev and Gilles Simon since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Russian grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
They contested 60 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Egor (34-26). The Russian dropped 9 points on serve (20-9). on the other side of the net, Egor conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
Karatsev took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Egor Gerasimov in the 1st game (1-0). Karatsev managed to boost his lead after breaking the Belarussian in the 9th (6-3) game before conquering the set.
They played 53 points. Karatsev conquered the set after winning 11 more points than the Belarussian (32-21). Aslan lost 6 points on serve (17-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Egor conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).
Tennis Scores in Moscow
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Andrey RublevRublev (5-7 7-64 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Gilles SimonSimon – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Federico CoriaCoria (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – James DuckworthDuckworth (3-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- John MillmanMillman – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-1 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Tommy PaulPaul (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Gilles SimonSimon – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Richard BerankisBerankis (4-2) – H2H details and stats
- John MillmanMillman – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Marin CilicCilic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
