Athletistic / Tennis. Legendary Russian tennis player Andrei Chesnokov believes that Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medalist Karen Khachanov (world number 23) has played an unconvincing game at the ATP tournaments in North America.
“Khachanov was poorly prepared for the American series of the ATP tour, Karen was clearly not in good shape. I don’t know, maybe something is bothering him now, but sometimes he lost to very weak opponents. Maybe Karen is not used to the “It seems to me that Khachanov failed in the American series, but it is possible that by the end of the season Karen will play better,” Chesnokov said, according to TASS.
Karen Khachanov took part in four tournaments in North America in August-September, but never made it past the second round. For example, at the US Open, the 28-year-old Russian lost in the first round to Briton Daniel Evans (7:6, 6:7, 6:7, 6:4, 4:6).
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