2016 Olympic doubles champion Ekaterina Makarova in a conversation with a correspondent, she admitted that she had no high hopes for Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov ahead of the Australian Open, but the Russian’s entry into the semi-finals of the tournament demonstrates that he had a good pre-season training.
In the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, Khachanov met American Sebastian Korda, who refused to fight in the third set with the score 7:6 (6:3), 6:3, 3:0 in favor of the Russian. Thus, the 26-year-old Moscow native qualified for the second consecutive time in the semi-finals of the Grand Slam tournament, the previous one being the US Open‑2022.
– Actually, to be honest, I didn’t have such high hopes for Karen before the tournament. However, it’s very cool that he went very well in his form. It is very important in pre-season not to overdo it with loads, or vice versa, not to finish something. However, at the start of the season, not everyone manages to reach perfect form. And such a result at the Australian Open implies that Karen has done a good job during the pre-season. Everything turned out perfect – he reached the top and shows a cool result, – said Makarova “”
Khachanov will face the winner of the match between Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and Czech Jiri Legechka in the Australian Open semi-finals.
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Source : MatchTV
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