Tuesday’s Top 3 Tennis Matches: Karatsev and Shevchenko Fight in Washington
Daniil Salnikov August 1, 2023, 09:45 Moscow time
What to see on August 1 on the courts of the world.
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Program in summary:
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🎾 7:00 p.m.*: Sorana Kirstea (Romania) vs. Petra Martic (Croatia), Washington, first round
*Game schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed
Intrigue: who will become the rival of Lyudmila Samsonova?
In this fight, the future rival of the Russian woman Lyudmila Samsonova is determined in the second round. The tennis players have met three times before, but it’s been a long time. Kirstya won Luxembourg 2012 and Martic won Linz 2012 and Guangzhou 2014. The 33-year-old Romanian has two WTA titles: Tashkent-2008 and Istanbul-2021. The 32-year-old Croatian also won two tournaments during her career: Istanbul-2019 and Lausanne-2022.
petra martic
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🎾 1:30*: Sebastian Korda (USA, 8) v Alexander Shevchenko (Russia), Washington, second round
*Game schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed
Intrigue: how will the Russian play against the Australian Open quarterfinalist?
Alexander Shevchenko successfully began the fight at the tournament in Washington, defeating the American Maxim Cressy. He will now meet a higher status local tennis player: Sebastian Korda, seeded under the eighth number. Previously, opponents did not play against each other. Korda has the title in Parma 2021, the quarterfinals of the Australian Open – 2023 and getting into the top 25 in June this year. How will the Russian’s meeting with an experienced opponent end?
Alexander Shevchenko
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🎾 2:00*: Aslan Karatsev (Russia) vs. Francis Tiafoe (USA, 2), Washington, second round
*Game schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed
Intrigue: Will Karatsev make it past the top 10 representative?
After defeating the world’s 717 racket from New Zealand, Russian Aslan Karatsev stuffed into the next opponent world number 10 Francis Tiafoe of USA, who has titles in Delray Beach-2018, Houston and Stuttgart in 2023, reach the semifinals of the US Open – 2022. But Karatsev also has a lot of experience behind him, in particular, six wins over current players in the top 10: twice over Daniil Medvedev and Diego Schwartzman, once over Andrey Rublev and Novak Djokovic. Previously, Aslan and Francis met this year at Roland Garros, with the American celebrating victory in three sets. How will their second meeting of the season end?
aslan karatsev
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