“Sometimes it’s useful to go through such matches” – Vesnina about Khachanov’s strong-willed victory

Olympic champion Yelena Vesnina believes that Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov needs to get into his rhythm at Roland Garros after a difficult victory in the first round.

In the first round, Khachanov, who received the 11th seed, beat the Frenchman Constant Lestienne with a score of 3:6, 1:6, 6:2, 6:1, 6:3. Tennis players spent 3 hours and 41 minutes on the court.

– Karen played a very difficult match. The first round is always exciting. It was evident that Khachanov was not at ease. The opponent played outside the box, Karen made a large number of unforced errors. Sometimes it’s useful to go through such matches – when you don’t get much, but due to the level and character you go further. A good, labor victory is not with the best tennis, Karen himself understands this. The main thing is that he won and moved on.

Khachanov is a rather hardy tennis player, he has good training. He spent a lot of energy, but I think he will recover for the next match. The biggest and highest expectations from Karen, because he was in the semi-finals of two Grand Slams in a row, he expects a lot from himself. The main thing now is to find your game and get into your rhythm. If everything works out for him, he can go far along the grid. Moreover, it seems to me that he likes to play on clay, Vesnina told Metaratings.ru.

In the second round, the 27-year-old Russian will face Radu Albot from Moldova.