St. Petersburg, January 21, Taras Barabash. President of the Russian Tennis Federation (FTR) Shamil Tarpischev believes that Karen Khachanov still lacks variety in the actions on the court. Russian Khachanov could not get into the fourth round of the Australian Open Tennis Championship, which takes place in Melbourne. In the third round, 25-year-old Khachanov, seeded at number 28, lost to Spaniard Rafael Nadal, the sixth racket of the tournament, with a score of 3:6, 2:6, 6:3, 1:6. The opponents spent 2 hours and 50 minutes on the court. «Unfortunately, Karen is not enough today in what exactly needs to be worked on. Let me explain: there are no intermediate volleys, it does not put pressure on the opponent positionally. You can’t attack all the time because of the back line and achieve success. All these balls that fly like dandelions, you need to play from the summer. If you only play from behind the back line, then Nadal is more motorized. There is not enough reduction in the distance with the opponent so that he ceases to keep up with Karen's powerful shots. Karen looks well, in general, he is in shape, but the arsenal and diversity are not enough — you have to work, «Tarpishchev said.
