Khachanov can win the Australian Open, says Vesnina

Olympic champion Elena Vesnina admitted that she was confident in the victory of the Russian tennis player Karena Khachanova on an american Sebastien Korda (7:6, 6:3, 3:0) in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.

Korda 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.

– Excellent result, very happy for Karen, for good reason. I was sure that Khachanov would beat Korda, although it is unpleasant that the American got injured and retired. Karen had a smooth and good game, it was hard for Korday to provide anything. For the second consecutive Grand Slam tournament, Khachanov reached the semi-finals, which indicates that he has improved noticeably and is in good physical shape.

Khachanov can win the tournament, why not? Now, all tennis players who have remained on the grid are contenders for victory. It’s clear that the main favorite is Novak Djokovic, but different things can happen, especially in the Australian Open tournament. There have been cases where tennis players who weren’t counted on reached the final. It will be a very difficult match against Djokovic for Karen, but Novak hasn’t beaten Rublev yet, it’s still a long way off.

Khachanov played against Djokovic when he was in incredible form, and Karen, on the contrary, did not play very well for himself. Now Karen is in incredible shape, he’s ready, he’s gained experience and it’s quite possible that it will now be a completely different story compared to the games they’ve played before, Vesnina told Metaratings. ru.

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