Athletistic / Tennis. Russian Karen Khachanov and Italian Jannik Sinner will face each other in the 1/8 finals of the Australian Open
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Tennis. Australian Open. 1/8 final. Sinner – Khachanov. Direct
Early in the morning of Sunday, January 21, Karen Khachanov will compete for a ticket to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. The opponent of the third Russian racket will be one of the best tennis players on the planet – Italian Jannik Sinner, who currently occupies fourth place in the ATP ranking. In personal meetings, the Russian opponent has a slight advantage – 2:1. However, it is worth noting that bookmakers do not believe in Khachanov’s victory. Sinner’s odds of success are 1.10. Experts are confident that Yannick will score a crushing victory over Karen in three sets.
These predictions are largely based on the results demonstrated by tennis players over the past few months. Sinner, in principle, improved a lot last season, becoming the 4th racket in the world. Yannick not only won several tournaments at the end of last year, but also brought his game to perfection. Many note that it is no longer so easy for the Italian to find a weak point in his game. So, at the current Australian Open, Sinner confidently and easily reached the 1/8 finals, without losing a single set to his opponents – Botik van de Zandschulp (6:4, 7:5, 6:3), Jesper de Jong (6:2, 6:2, 6:2), Sebastián Baez (6:0 , 6:1, 6:3). It’s no surprise that Yannick, 22, is considered one of the favorites for the title in Melbourne.
Karen Khachanov is far from the form he showed, say, a year ago, when he reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open 2023. However, it often happens to the Russian that he s improves from match to match. Khachanov finished all his matches at the current TBS with a score of 3:1, winning all four tiebreakers he had to play in Melbourne. Karen knows how to hold his serve, he regularly makes a large number of aces and it is, as they say, his luck. The Russian may only have a chance to take a set from Sinner in a tiebreaker. But if the service does not take off properly, it will be extremely difficult for Khachanov to count on anything.
The last time the tennis players met was almost three years ago. At the Miami Masters, Sinner won with a score of 2:1. With the same result, Yannick had beaten Karen in the semi-final in Melbourne a few months earlier. And Khachanov’s only victory in this confrontation dates back to 2020, when in the first round of the US Open the Russian celebrated a voluntary success in five sets – 3:6, 6:7, 6:2, 6:0, 7. :6.
Tennis. Australian Open. 1/8 final. Sinner – Khachanov. Direct
Live online streaming of this match will begin at SPORT.RU January 21 at 8 a.m.:05 Moscow time
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