Vienna Open: Khachanov fights back to beat Nakashima and reach last eight
Karen Khachanov edged out Brandon Nakashima 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday evening and will play Italian Matteo Berrettini in the next round
Karen Khachanov, Vienna Open, 2024 © Gepa/Panoramic
Russian Karen Khachanov moved into the last eight of the Vienna Open by edging out American Brandon Nakashima 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the Wiener Stadthalle.
Khachanov, ranked No 24, will play Italian Matteo Berrettini next.
The Russian defeated Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild (6-2, 6-4) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of the Vienna tournament, Nakashima, ranked No 38, won against No 4 seed Tommy Paul (6-4, 6-4).
Vienna ATP 500, other second-round results (Wiener Stadthalle, hard, EUR 2.470.310, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Alex De Minaur (2) beat Flavio Cobolli: 7-6 (2), 3-1 ret.
- Tomas Machac beat Grigor Dimitrov (3): 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3
- Jack Draper (7) beat Luciano Darderi: 7-5, 6-1
- Jakub Mensik (Q) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-3, 7-6 (7)
- Matteo Berrettini beat Frances Tiafoe (5): 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3
- Alexander Zverev (1) beat Marcos Giron: 6-2, 7-5
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