Tennis news - Karen Khachanov battles past Kevin Anderson to reach Great Ocean Road quarters

ByReuters

Published 05/02/2021 at 09:01 GMT

Second seed Karen Khachanov battled past South African Kevin Anderson 6-3 7-6(5) to reach the quarter-finals of the Great Ocean Road Open on Friday. The Great Ocean Road Open is one of several events being used as a warm-up for the Australian Open that starts later this month.

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Karen Khachanov beat Kevin Anderson 6-3 7-6(5) at the Gread Ocean Road Open on Friday.

The 24-year-old Russian did not drop serve throughout the contest and secured the only break of the match midway through the opening set of the Australian Open warm-up event.

Khachanov next faces unseeded Dutchman Botic Van de Zandschulp, who upset American sixth seed Reilly Opelka in two tie-break sets.

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In other round of 16 matches, Italian teenager Jannik Sinner downed Aljaz Bedene 7-6(6) 6-2, while home favourite Jordan Thompson sailed past Spaniard Mario Vilella Martinez 6-4 6-4.

All quarter-final matches at the event will take place later on Friday. Play was suspended on Thursday when more than 500 players and officials were tested for COVID-19 after a worker at one of the quarantine hotels in Melbourne contracted the novel coronavirus.

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