On July 24, at 08: 00 Moscow time, Karatsev will play against Paul in the 1st round of the Olympiad. Who will advance to the second round? Bookmakers consider Aslan to be the favorite of the meeting.
Aslan Karatsev
Karatsev is a 27-year-old Russian tennis player, the 24th racket of the world. At the very beginning of the year, he could not even dream of the Olympics, because he was outside the top hundred of the world ranking and never got beyond the second round at the ATP tournaments. Aslan's season is fantastic: he reached the semifinals at the Australian Open, won the tournament in Dubai, reached the final in Belgrade, and at the Masters in Madrid and Rome – to the 3rd round.
Tommy Paul
Paul is a 24-year-old tennis player from the United States, the 54th racket of the world. This season, he was able to reach further than the second round only in Rotterdam (1/4 finals) and Parma (semifinals), and he was forced to miss grass tournaments.
At the Olympics, Tommy will play for the first time.
Personal meeting statistics
The guys will play against each other for the first time.
Interesting facts:
- Paul has not been able to beat a tennis player from the TOP 30 for more than a year.
Forecast from LiveResult.ru
In the current season, Karatsev won 13 matches out of 16 on hard. The list of defeated players includes such strong players as Schwarzman, Auger-Aliassim, Dimitrov, Sinner and Rublev. But Paul has nothing to brag about, and even his close position to the TOP 50 is surprising. It seems that Aslan will not have any serious problems with overcoming the first "barrier".
Aslan Karatsev
Jeremy Chardy
Max Purcell
Jamie Murray
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Bruno Soares
Matwe Middelkoop
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Alejandro Tabilo
Desirae Krawczyk
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Gabriela Dabrowski
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Philipp Kohlschreiber
Jannik Sinner
Miomir Kecmanovic
Alaxander Bublik
Diego Schwartzman
Jiri Vesely
Hugo Nys
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Stefanos Tsitsipas
Goransson A.
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Andrei Vasilevski
Roberto Bautista
Zelenay I.
