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Ends our transmission of the series between Russian Karen Khachanov and Spanish Rafael Nadal, a match that brought us many emotions, we wait for you in a next opportunity.
The match ends
Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal wins the match against Russian Karen Khachanov 3-6, 2-6, 6,3 and 1-6 to stay ain the Australian Open.
The end of the match is near
Rafael Nadal gets a new break, the score of the fourth set is 5-1 and now he will serve to finish the match and qualify to the round of 16.
Fourth game
In the second service game of each in the fourth set both players enforce their serve, the score is 1-3 in favor of Rafael Nadal.
Break
The fourth set starts the same as the first and in the second, Rafael Nadal breaks in the first service game of his rival and will have to confirm with his service games the match.
Fourth set to be played
The Russian tennis player managed to take the third set by a score of 6-3 and forces the fourth set to be played in the match to see if we can find the winner.
Close to extending the match
Karen Khachanov stays with his serving game and has a 5-2 lead in the third set, he is just one game away from taking the third set and playing a fourth.
Confirmation of the break
The Russian tennis player manages to confirm the break and takes a 4-1 lead in the third set.
Fourth game
The Spanish tennis player suffered again with his serve after being 0-40 up and the game went to a deuce in favor of the Russian to put the set score 3-1.
No difference
The Spanish tennis player was able to hold his serve calmly and with few points against to tie the third set 1-1.
Third set begins
Once again the set starts with Karen Khachanov serving and for the first time the Russian does not lose his first service game against Rafael Nadal.
Second set ends
Rafael Nadal did not show the same level of the first set, but managed to hold his service games and the 2 break opportunities to take the second set by a score of 2-6.
Serve for set
Rafael Nadal will have to be very calm in this service game knowing that he has the advantage of 2 breaks, but in his last games the Russian has looked better and the Spaniard will have to know how to close the set with his service.
The advantage increases
The Russian tennis player takes Rafael Nadal's service game to deuce again, however the Spanish tennis player shows his experience and he has not won any service game yet.
New break
After having his tightest serving game Rafael Nadal achieves a new break and puts the score 1-4 in his favor.
Nadal suffers with his serve
The Spanish tennis player suffered with his service game, for the first time he had a break opportunity against him and for the first time he was taken to deuce with a service game, but in the end he managed to keep the advantage he got at the beginning of the set.
Confirms the advantage
Rafael Nadal is still solid with his serve, although he starts to give up points in his service games he can keep them without problem and goes 0-2 up in the second set.
Break
The first game of the second set became the longest of the match with more than 12 minutes of duration, at the beginning it seemed that the Spanish tennis player was easy with the game having the score 15-40, the Russian tennis player managed to take it to the deuce and after 8 deuce Rafael Nadal aorovechó to go up in the second set.
Second set begins
Karen Khachanov starts the second set with his serve where he will try not to give break chances to the Spanish player.
End of the first set
Rafael Nadal was magnificent with his serve, in the 5 service games he only conceded one point to his opponent and takes the first with a score of 3-6.
He serves to take the set
The Spanish tennis player has been 100% effective with his serve, has not lost a single service point and serves to take the first set.
Sixth game
The Russian tennis player begins to gain confidence with his serve and does not let his rival go so far on the scoreboard that at this moment is 2-4.
Fourth game
In the fourth game of the first set the Russian Karen Khachanov gets his first game of the match and the first set is 1-3 in favor of the Spaniard.
Break
The Spanish tennis player is superior in the first two games of serve, he holds his opponent's serve and has allowed only one point to his rival at the beginning of the game.
First game
The Spanish tennis player starts winning his serve and without errors to demonstrate the favoritism he has today.
The match begins
The match begins with the Spanish tennis player serving.
They go out to warm up
The Russian and the Spaniard are already on the court ready to start the match.
The game is coming
The game that ended the wait for the match that we will accompany you with today was over.
The world #1 Ashleigh Barty defeated the Italian Camila Giorgi 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the next round of the tournament.
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How will the match be played?
Being a Grand Slam match, the tennis player who wants to continue in the tournament will have to win 3 sets to write his name in the next stage of the tournament.
History
The history of this encounter between the Spanish tennis player and the Russian shows big differences and that it looks favorable to Rafael Nadal.
They have faced each other in 8 occasions and in all the encounters the Spanish tennis player has won.
Next opponent
The winner of this match will face the winner of the match between Adrian Mannarino of France and Aslan Karatsev of Russia in the 1/8 finals.
Stadium
The match will be played at the Road Laver Arena, one of the courts where the Australian Open is held.
How does Rafal Nadal arrive?
The Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal will try to improve his level after injuries did not let him show his game in the previous year, in the first tournament of the year he won the title of the Summer set ATP 2022.
Rafael Nadal becomes one of the favorites to win the tournament after Novak Djokovic was not allowed to play, the results of the Spanish tennis player have been as follows:
Marcos Giron 0-3 Rafael Nadal (1-6, 4-6, 2-6).
Yannick Hanfmann 0-3 Rafael Nadal (2-6, 3-6, 4-6).
How does Karen Khachanov arrive?
Russian Karen Khachanov is ranked 30th in the ATP ranking, this is the third match he plays this year in the Australian Open tournament, his previous results were as follows:
- Karen Kachanov 3-1 Denis Kudla (3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6).
- Karen Kachanov 3-0 Benjamin Bonzi (6-4, 6-0, 7-5).
The Russian tennis player has played one set more than his rival, the Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal.
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