Tennis prediction: Karen Khachanov - Novak Djokovic

In the quarterfinals of the ATP tournament in Astana, Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov will play against Novak Djokovic from Serbia.

Karen Khachanov

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Novak Djokovic

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Karen KhachanovThe 26-year-old Russian tennis player played a pretty good match yesterday.

In the 1/8 finals Khachanov beat the experienced Croat Marin Cilic in three sets – 2:6; 6:3; 6:3. At the start of the match, the tennis players exchanged breaks, but then Cilic finally adjusted the game on his serve, and Karen lost two more consecutive games on his serve from the middle of the game. At the start of the second set, Karen himself quickly made a break, and after that he managed to save the game on his serve. Khachanov conceded with a score of 0:40, but Karen was able to pull himself together and pull out a game. As a result, Khachanov led 3-1 in games. At the very end of the game Khachanov made another break, which immediately allowed the Russian tennis player to take the set and even the score in the match. In the decisive game, the tennis players worked a little on their serves without mistakes, but then Khachanov made a break and came out on the score of 4:1 in games. Then Karen worked competently on his serve and eventually calmly brought the match to victory. The tennis players spent one hour and twenty-five minutes on the court.

Novak DjokovicThe 35-year-old legendary Serbian tennis player played a much more confident match yesterday.

Considering the tournament in Israel, Djokovic won his sixth consecutive match with a score of 2-0 in sets. Yesterday, in the 1/8 finals, Novk defeated Botik van de Sandshulp from the Netherlands – 6:3; 6:1. In the first set, the tennis players worked competently on their serves until the middle of the game, but with the score 3:2 in games in his favor, Djokovic made a break, and then Novak calmly took the set. In the second set, Djokovic already began to completely dominate the court and Novak made three consecutive breaks from the score 1:1 in games. As a result, the tennis players spent one hour and ten minutes on the court.

Novak Djokovic and Karen Khachanov last played against each other on April 23 at the ATP clay tournament in Belgrade. Then in the semifinals of the tournament in Serbia, Djokovic won a strong - willed victory in three sets – 4:6; 6:1; 6:2.

ForecastIn this match, Novak Djokovic is of course considered by the bookmakers to be the undisputed favorite.

At the same time, here Khachanov may well impose a good fight on one of the top rivals, and therefore we suggest that you put more than 19.5 games on the total.