Karen Khachanov beat Yoshihito Nishioka in the round of the 2023 Australian Open, the Russian ranked 20th in the ATP rankings, winning after two hours of play.
Karen Khachanov, in the quarters at the Australian Open 2023
The No. 18 seed in Melbourne, Khachanov got off to a great start and won the first 14 games (leading 6-0, 6-0, 2-0).
The Japanese Nishioka tried to fight back, but also lost the third set on a tie-break (7-4).
Karen, who dropped just two points in the second set, will play the winner of the match between Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz (11 ATP/10 favourite) and American Sebastian Korda (31 ATP/29) in the quarters.
At first it was a walk, but later it turned into a walk!@KarenKhachanov beats Nishioka 6-0 6-0 7-6(4) to reach the Melbourne Park quarter-finals for the first time – meaning he completes a ‘Career Slam Quarter-Final’… if that’s a thing?#AusOpen • #AO2023 pic.twitter.com/1vwvRyTmz1
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 22, 2023
The crowd’s reaction when Nishioka won his first game
Phew! @yoshihitotennis is on the board.
He breaks Khachanov and the crowd goes wild!@wwos• @espn • @eurosport • @wowowtennis • #AusOpen • #AO2023 pic.twitter.com/Yp5afuyhWZ
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 22, 2023
Source: Hot News
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