Following Andrey Rublev, Karen Khachanov has joined the list of disappointments.
The latest Wimbledon draw has given tennis fans quite a few unexpected results already in the first rounds. However, Russian fans are not too happy regarding the sensations that have happened. First, Andrey Rublev lost to a no-name from Argentina, now Karen Khachanov has lost to another unknown opponent. And if we add to this a series of failures in the women’s singles, then we can suspect some evil fate in this whole situation.
Are Russian tennis players cursed?
The superiority of the French
The Wimbledon tournament has just started, and Russian tennis has already suffered enough losses. In women’s singles, Anna Blinkova, Anastasia Potapova, Veronika Kudermetova, Mirra and Erika Andreeva, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova have all finished their competition. In men’s singles, Pavel Kotov, Andrey Rublev, and Aslan Karatsev have all finished their performance. The latter withdrew due to injury, giving the victory in the head-to-head match to another Russian, Karen Khachanov. Unfortunately, he, too, did not stay in Britain for long.
Karen’s opponent in the second round was the Frenchman Quentin Hallis, little known to the general public and ranked 220th in the ATP rankings. Khachanov went to Wimbledon as the 22nd racket in the world, so there were few doubts regarding the Russian’s success. His opponent surprised a little in the first round, having dealt with the slightly more famous tennis player Christopher Eubanks from the USA in three sets, but there were still doubts that he would be able to create any difficulties for the current Olympic vice-champion.
The first set was won by Karen – 6:4, but it might not be said that the victory was too easy for the Russian. The Frenchman took several games on his serves to zero, although at the beginning of the set Hallis did not play very well, allowing his opponent to make a break. Khachanov was able to maintain a small advantage in the end, thanks to which he won, but it was disconcerting that the tennis player from the third hundred of the world rankings had a three-fold advantage in ace shots.
Khachanov’s mistakes
The fans had more reasons to worry when Khachanov lost the second set. Karen started making more mistakes, which affected the results. At 2:5, the Russian served well and, having won back one game, gave hope for a positive outcome even in this set. But no, Quentin was not going to give up the victory and finished the set with great confidence.
The failure seemed to have forced Khachanov to wake up and really get into the game. The Russian tennis player began to regularly delight fans with aces, took one game, then another, then a third. It was already possible to dream of “donuting” the opponent in a specific set. And then Hallis decided to surprise: following 0:3 he was able to impose a fight, which he still lost, but with a tolerable score of 3:6. Apparently, Karen was unable to demoralize the Frenchman; it took a lot of effort to win the match.
The fourth set seemed to be a mirror image of the previous one. The French tennis player took three games at the start, Karen got involved belatedly and managed to win the same three games by the end of the set. It was also disappointing that Hallis once more began to outscore the Russian in aces, and Khachanov made more mistakes.
Karen started the decisive set well, was close to taking a break point in the third game, but, alas, did not succeed. But the Frenchman caught another mistake by Khachanov on his serve and took the lead. The Russian did not fall apart, clung to the match, but was unable to turn the situation around. Quentin, at the very end of the match, pleased the crowd, which openly sympathized with him, with several aces. Now he can be proud of his success in a confrontation with a truly strong opponent. He has another serious challenge ahead – a match once morest the Dane Holger Rune.
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Following Andrey Rublev, Karen Khachanov has joined the list of disappointments.
The latest Wimbledon draw has already produced some unexpected results in the first rounds. However, Russian tennis fans are not happy with these upsets. First, Andrey Rublev lost to an unknown Argentine player, and now Karen Khachanov has lost to another unknown opponent. If we add this to a series of losses in the women’s singles, we might start to suspect some kind of bad luck for Russian tennis.
Are Russian tennis players cursed?
The superiority of the French
The Wimbledon tournament has just started, and Russian tennis has already suffered a significant number of losses. In the women’s singles, Anna Blinkova, Anastasia Potapova, Veronika Kudermetova, Mirra and Erika Andreeva, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova have all been eliminated. In the men’s singles, Pavel Kotov, Andrey Rublev, and Aslan Karatsev have all been eliminated. Karatsev withdrew due to injury, giving a victory by default to another Russian player, Karen Khachanov. Unfortunately, he did not remain in Britain for long either.
Karen’s opponent in the second round was Quentin Halys, a Frenchman little known to the general public and ranked 220th in the ATP rankings. Khachanov went to Wimbledon as the 22nd ranked player in the world, so there were few doubts regarding the Russian’s success. Halys caused a slight surprise in the first round, defeating the slightly more famous American player Christopher Eubanks in three sets, but it was still doubted that he would be able to cause any difficulties for the current Olympic vice-champion.
Karen won the first set 6:4, but it might not be said that the victory was too easy for the Russian. The Frenchman took several games on his serve to love, although at the beginning of the set Halys did not play very well, allowing his opponent to make a break. Khachanov was able to maintain a small advantage in the end, which allowed him to win, but it was concerning that the player from the third hundred of the world rankings had a three-fold advantage in ace shots.
Khachanov’s mistakes
The fans had more reasons to worry when Khachanov lost the second set. Karen started making more mistakes, which affected the results. At 2:5, the Russian served well and, following winning one game back, gave some hope for a positive outcome even in this set. However, Quentin was not going to give up the victory and finished the set with great confidence.
The failure seemed to have forced Khachanov to wake up and really get into the game. The Russian tennis player began to regularly delight fans with aces, won one game, then another, then a third. It was possible to dream of “donuting” the opponent in a specific set. And then Halys decided to surprise: following 0:3 he was able to put up a fight, which he still lost, but with a tolerable score of 3:6. Apparently, Karen was unable to demoralize the Frenchman; it took a lot of effort to win the match.
The fourth set seemed to be a mirror image of the previous one. The French tennis player took three games at the start, Karen got involved belatedly and managed to win the same three games by the end of the set. It was also disappointing that Halys once more began to outscore the Russian in aces, and Khachanov made more mistakes.
Karen started the decisive set well, was close to taking a break point in the third game, but, alas, did not succeed. But the Frenchman caught another mistake by Khachanov on his serve and took the lead. The Russian did not fall apart, clung to the match, but was unable to turn the situation around. Quentin, at the very end of the match, pleased the crowd, which openly sympathized with him, with several aces. Now he can be proud of his success in a confrontation with a truly strong opponent. He has another serious challenge ahead – a match once morest the Dane Holger Rune.
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Following Andrey Rublev, Karen Khachanov has joined the list of disappointments.
The latest Wimbledon draw has given tennis fans quite a few unexpected results already in the first rounds. However, Russian fans are not too happy regarding the sensations that have happened. First, Andrey Rublev lost to a no-name from Argentina, now Karen Khachanov has lost to another unknown opponent. And if we add to this a series of failures in the women’s singles, then we can suspect some evil fate in this whole situation.
Are Russian tennis players cursed?
The superiority of the French
The Wimbledon tournament has just started, and Russian tennis has already suffered enough losses. In women’s singles, Anna Blinkova, Anastasia Potapova, Veronika Kudermetova, Mirra and Erika Andreeva, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova have all finished their competition. In men’s singles, Pavel Kotov, Andrey Rublev, and Aslan Karatsev have all finished their performance. The latter withdrew due to injury, giving the victory in the head-to-head match to another Russian, Karen Khachanov. Unfortunately, he, too, did not stay in Britain for long.
Karen’s opponent in the second round was the Frenchman Quentin Hallis, little known to the general public and ranked 220th in the ATP rankings. Khachanov went to Wimbledon as the 22nd racket in the world, so there were few doubts regarding the Russian’s success. His opponent surprised a little in the first round, having dealt with the slightly more famous tennis player Christopher Eubanks from the USA in three sets, but there were still doubts that he would be able to create any difficulties for the current Olympic vice-champion.
The first set was won by Karen – 6:4, but it might not be said that the victory was too easy for the Russian. The Frenchman took several games on his serves to zero, although at the beginning of the set Hallis did not play very well, allowing his opponent to make a break. Khachanov was able to maintain a small advantage in the end, thanks to which he won, but it was disconcerting that the tennis player from the third hundred of the world rankings had a three-fold advantage in ace shots.
Khachanov’s mistakes
The fans had more reasons to worry when Khachanov lost the second set. Karen started making more mistakes, which affected the results. At 2:5, the Russian served well and, having won back one game, gave hope for a positive outcome even in this set. But no, Quentin was not going to give up the victory and finished the set with great confidence.
The failure seemed to have forced Khachanov to wake up and really get into the game. The Russian tennis player began to regularly delight fans with aces, took one game, then another, then a third. It was already possible to dream of “donuting” the opponent in a specific set. And then Hallis decided to surprise: following 0:3 he was able to impose a fight, which he still lost, but with a tolerable score of 3:6. Apparently, Karen was unable to demoralize the Frenchman; it took a lot of effort to win the match.
The fourth set seemed to be a mirror image of the previous one. The French tennis player took three games at the start, Karen got involved belatedly and managed to win the same three games by the end of the set. It was also disappointing that Hallis once more began to outscore the Russian in aces, and Khachanov made more mistakes.
Karen started the decisive set well, was close to taking a break point in the third game, but, alas, did not succeed. But the Frenchman caught another mistake by Khachanov on his serve and took the lead. The Russian did not fall apart, clung to the match, but was unable to turn the situation around. Quentin, at the very end of the match, pleased the crowd, which openly sympathized with him, with several aces. Now he can be proud of his success in a confrontation with a truly strong opponent. He has another serious challenge ahead – a match once morest the Dane Holger Rune.
