Khachanov was not playing freely, didn't generated a lot of power with his forehand, and didn't try to hit the lines, he was playing safe and trying to make less errors as possible, but against Monfils he will have to take risks, because i doubt he can fight vs him in longer exchanges. Khachanov managed to break early in the 2nd set while later on Cilic failed to convert any of his three break points. 2 seed potentially faces his toughest test yet at the BNP Paribas Open Rafael Nadal and Karen Khachanov. To be honest, i still don't know how Cilic managed to lose that 1st setz where he played quality tennis, however he crumbled down under pressure in the tiebreak and never recovered mentally in the second set. Khachanov caused an upset against Marin Cilic, to be fair, the croatian was never heavy favourite for the win, however considering the fact that Khachanov never managed to win vs Cilic, he was the underdog.
Both players have been playing really well, Monfils yesterday managed to dismantle Kokkinakis 7-5 6-0, Kokkinakis was playing amazing tennis but Monfils had solution for everything, he was defending perfectly, very good on return and most importantly he was not super passive (pusher), like he usually is. Read More Ilya Ivashka vs Soon Woo Kwon vs Gael Monfils Epic Tennis. Monfils is up against Khachanov in the final of ATP Adelaide. The two have faced each other three times and Khachanov has won all three matches. (1) Novak Djokovic, vs, (5) Alexander Zverev (4) Dominic Thiem, vs, (10) Karen Khachanov (3) Roger Federer, vs, (24) Stan Wawrinka (2) Rafael. Gael Monfils vs Karen Khachanov prediction
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