After some inconsistent years, things started to pick up again for the Russian in 2021 with a quarterfinals appearance at Wimbledon and a silver Medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The former top 10 is once again on the rise. Having laid out the predictions for this match, let’s take a look at how Khachanov and Tsitsipas have advanced to reach the semifinals: Karen Khachanov Karen Khachanov vs Stefanos Tsitsipas Match Preview Tsitsipas won’t have as many chances to break Khachanov’s serve, but the Greek will probably do enough to wrap up this one in straight sets. And although Khachanov has been playing at a very high level over these past four months, taking on a player of Tsitsipas’ skills might be a bit too much for the Russian. Tsitsipas has only dropped two sets in five matches versus Khachanov. This one is a slightly riskier proposition, but I like the chances. He also holds the edge over Khachanov and has not lost to the Russian at the Tour level. The Greek has been as consistent as ever, and looks set to make his first final appearance at the first Slam of the year. Tsitsipas is the undeniable favorite heading into this match. The other half of the bet is more straightforward. In other words, we will likely see at least one set headed to the 13th and decisive game. Tsitsipas played at least one tiebreak in three of his five matches in Melbourne, while Khachanov played four. Khachanov, meanwhile, is among the best servers on the ATP Tour. Tsitsipas’ serve has been one of his strongest points in his 2023 Australian Open campaign. For Tsitsipas, it will mark his third consecutive appearance in the Australian Open semis, and the fourth in the past five years. Khachanov has now made it back-to-back Slam semifinals. Tsitsipas and Khachanov have already faced off five times on the Tour, but this one is definitely the biggest moment in their head to head. 3 Karen Khachanov vs Stefanos Tsitsipas Match Details.2 Karen Khachanov vs Stefanos Tsitsipas Match Preview.1 Karen Khachanov vs Stefanos Tsitsipas Match Predictions.I see the Greek putting on a solid performance as he makes his way to the quarter finals in Toronto. Both of them can win a set here, but I think that if Tsitsipas comes out like he played in the third set against Humbert, no one can stop him here at the Toronto Open. I expect a tight match here because their last encounter was a 3 setter and Khachanov was not as good as he is now back then. This is going to be the 4 th meeting between both players, with Tsitsipas never having lost to Karen Khachanov. The most impressive part of this match was Tsitsipas’ ability to maintain his composure after that second set and give it his all as he finally got his first win over his rival who he had never beaten in Ugo Humbert. However, Humbert saved all of those points and he was able to steal the set. Tsitsipas should have won that match in 2 sets as he had 5 match points in the tiebreak. Stefanos Tsitispas had to fight through an extremely tight match against the very in form and confident-against-Tsitsipas player, Ugo Humbert, in 3 sets 6-3/6-7/6-1. Karen will know that he can make an even bigger statement if he can beat Stefanos Tsitsipas, but this will be his biggest challenge he has had in the last 3 weeks. Karen is making statements over the last month because the majority of the tennis world had counted him out of returning back to his peak, but he is showing us that he can definitely play at that level again. Karen Khachanov showed us that he is not to be underestimated in the second round, beating his fellow friend and fellow Russian in 2 sets 7-6/6-4. Will it be the Silver medallist at Tokyo to come through here, or will it be the flamboyant and higher ranked Stefanos Tsitispas to come through? We are going to have probably the match of the day here between these two young and amazing hitting opponents from the back of the court. Who will make their way to the quarter finals? Stefanos Tsitsipas meets Karen Khachanov in the third round of the 2021 Rogers Cup on Thursday, August 12th 2021.
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