“To be honest, Khachanov was a little lucky on the grid at the Australian Open” – Petrova

The famous Russian tennis player, ex-third racket of the world, Nadezhda Petrova, believes that Karen Khachanov will be able to recover faster after the victory in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open over the American Sebastian Korda, because he spent less energy due to the removal of the opponent during the match.

– I’m very happy for Karen – he finally found his form. This is his second Grand Slam semi-final. He had his first at the US Open, and now he is confirming his result in Australia. This suggests that he had a good training season. He plays great tennis.

To be honest, he was a little lucky on the grid: it was lucky that Nadal was eliminated, because Rafa is gaining momentum and confidence with every match. And the fact that he dropped out at an early stage played into the hands of Khachanov. Then he had difficult matches with young, promising tennis players.

The fact that Korda did not finish the game suggests that he had a very difficult match against the Pole Hubert Hurkach, where he fought in five sets. Apparently, there was some kind of minor injury – the consequences of that match, so he starred in the third set. And this is very good for Khachanov, he can recover, he has much less energy expended, Petrova told Gazeta.Ru.

In the semi-finals, Khachanov will play with the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.