St. Petersburg, Jan 20, Taras Barabash. The finalist of the 1973 Wimbledon tournament, commentator Alexander Metreveli, believes that Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov will not be able to surprise Spaniard Rafael Nadal with his game in the Australian Open match. Khachanov defeated Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi in the second round match on Wednesday (6:4, 6 :0, 7:5) and will now face Nadal in the third round of the Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne. «Khachanov can't surprise Nadal, Karen will play her game — the one she usually shows. Some original stuff tactically, Khachanov cannot offer Nadal. Karen's game is powerful on the back line, if the serve goes, it will be even better. But this is not enough against Nadal, we still need to come up with something special. The match will be interesting, Nadal is now at a good level. Match with a Spaniard for Karen is a litmus test of his condition, of the form he is in,» Metreveli said.
