ATP fulfills Khachanov's childhood dream with Top 10 Award
Karen Khachanov’s efforts to get in the top ten players of the world were rewarded with ATP’s Top-Ten Award he received on Thursday at Halle’s Noventi Open.
Karen was grateful for the award and admitted that getting in the top 10 was his childhood dream “This a great reminder of a truly wonderful moment, one of the greatest milestones in my carrier so far. As a child, you always dream about getting to the top. It is also the payment for lots of hard work that has been invested in your sports. I am especially glad about getting this award in Halle, for I really like this tournament.”
One year ago, the Russian was sitting on the 35th place in the ATP rankings. Since then, he climbed no less than 26 positions to find himself as being the 9th best player in the world at the start of this month.
The 1.98 meters tall player managed to gather some admirable performances since October last year. He started by triumphing in Moscow with a straight sets victory over Mannarino in the final. Then, he continued his indoor hard adventure by conquering the ATP Masters 1000 from Paris defeating Alexander Zverev, Dominic Thiem and the great Novak Djokovic along the way.
The start of 2019 was a rather dull period in Karen’s professional career as his brightest performance was quarters in Indian Wells where he was denied by Rafael Nadal after a close encounter.
Regarding his clay season, he certainly didn’t start well as he got first-round defeats in Monte-Carlo, Barcelona, and Munich. However, the dusty surface was the one who made him get to the top 10 list. Khachanov performed unexpectedly well at Roland Garros where he eliminated the giant Juan Martin Del Potro before he was stopped by this year’s runner up, Dominic Thiem.
Now, Karen has the chance to prove his skills on a more suitable surface for his powerful game and that’s certainly the grass.
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2J4BQ49
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