MOSCOW, Jan 21 Russian Karen Khachanov failed to make it to the fourth round of the Open Australian Tennis Championship, which takes place in Melbourne. In the third round, 25-year-old Khachanov, seeded under the 28th number, lost to the sixth seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal with a score of 3:6, 2:6, 6:3, 1:6. The opponents spent 2 hours and 50 minutes on the court. During the match, the Russian made 14 aces, three double faults, actively won 36 goals and made 42 unforced errors. Nadal's stats are 4 aces, 6 double faults, 39 actively won goals, 30 unforced errors. The score of personal meetings became 8-0 in favor of the Spaniard. In the fourth round, 35-year-old Nadal will meet the winner of the match between Russian Aslan Karatsev (18th seed) and Frenchman Adrian Mannarino. Khachanov has never gone beyond the third round at the Australian Open, the best result of an athlete in the Grand Slam tournaments is reaching the quarterfinals of Roland Garros (2019) and Wimbledon (2021). The Australian Open with a prize fund of $ 54 million is held on a hard surface and will end on January 30th.
