olympic tennis champion Elena Vesnina was satisfied with the performance of the Russian Karena Khachanova at the Australian Open.
The Russian defeated the American Francis Tiafoe in the third round with a score of 6:3, 6:4, 3:6, 7(11): 6.
“I’m very happy that Karen defeated Tiafoe. I trusted him in this game. He is now stronger and proved it: he scored the toughest tie-break in the fourth set, when he lost 1:6. It was very important not to give the fourth set to Tiaf, because anything could happen in the fifth. Khachanov played well, which he put under pressure and survived.
Khachanov’s next match is against Nishioka. At least Karen should reach the quarter-finals, and then we’ll see. I believe in him, I like the way he plays now,” Vesnina quotes Metaratings.ru.
In the next round, Khachanov will play with Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, the meeting will take place on January 22.
Metaratings.ru
Source : MatchTV

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