Athletistic/Tennis. Silver medalist of the 2020 Olympic Games, Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov, previously eighth in the world rankings, reached the semi-finals of the ATP-250 tournament in Zhuhai. The prize pool for this tournament was $981,785.

In the quarterfinals, Khachanov, seeded number one, beat American Mackenzie McDonald (6), 39th racket in the world, with a score of 4:6, 6:4, 6:4. The match lasted 2 hours and 38 minutes. Khachanov had four aces, committed seven double faults and converted four out of eight possible break points. MacDonald had five aces, two double faults and four successful breaks out of six.

In the semi-final, Khachanov will face the winner of the fight between Sebastian Korda (USA, 4) and Thomas Martin Etcheverry (Argentina, 5).

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