“Well, what kind of injury does Korda have?! Khachanov served and received better throughout the match ”- Tarpishchev

Russian Karen Khachanov deprived the American Sebastian Korda of the initiative and logically went further at the Australian Open, Shamil Tarpishchev, President of the Russian Tennis Federation, told KP Sport.

In the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, Khachanov met with Korda, who refused to fight in the third set with the score 7:6 (6:3), 6:3, 3:0 in favor of the Russian. Thus, the 26-year-old native of Moscow made it to the semi-finals of the Grand Slam tournament for the second time in a row, the previous one was the US Open‑2022.

– Khachanov at the Australian Open defeated the American Korda, who withdrew in the third set due to a hand injury …

– Well, what kind of injury? Prior to this, Karen won two sets. One and a half of them he still had an advantage, served a little better, received better. He did not let the opponent play positionally. Because if Korda had played on the court, he would have broken, but Karen deprived him of the initiative due to the density of the game. That is, Korda was forced to take risks with long balls…… Therefore, it is logical that Khachanov went further, he still had an advantage.