Russian Khachanov reached the 1/8 finals of the Australian Open
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Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov defeated Francis Tiafoe of the United States in the third round of the Australian Open. The match, held in Melbourne, ended with a score of 6:3, 6:4, 3:6, 7:6 (11:9) and lasted 3 hours and 32 minutes. In the 1/8 finals, Khachanov will play with Japanese tennis player Yoshihito Nishioka.
26-year-old Karen Khachanov is ranked 20th in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings. He won the ATP tournament in singles four times. Khachanov’s best result at the Grand Slam tournaments was reaching the semi-finals of the US Open last year.
The Australian Open runs from 16 to 29 January. The total prize fund will be more than $50 million. Twenty Russians took part in the tournament, including Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Daria Kasatkina and Veronika Kudermetova.
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