Tennis
Khachanov lost to Popyrin at the start of the tennis tournament in Tokyo
Karen Khachanov / Photo: © VCG / Contributor / Visual China Group / Gettyimages.ru
Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov failed to overcome the first round barrier at the tournament in Tokyo.
At the start of the tournament, Khachanov, who received the seventh seed, lost to Alexei Popyrin from Australia with a score of 4:6, 2:6. The meeting lasted 1 hour 32 minutes.
Popyrin’s next opponent will be Chilean Cristian Garin.
ATP 500. Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships. Tokyo. Hard. Prize fund – more than 1.8 million dollars
First round
Alexey Popyrin (Australia) — Karen Khachanov (Russia, 7) — 6:4, 6:2
Source: Sportbox
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