PARIS : Karen Khachanov said he will head home following his French Open quarter-final defeat by Novak Djokovic on Tuesday with his head held high after returning to the top 10 in the world.The 11th-seeded Russian won the first set of his match with the twice Roland Garros winner but failed to make his ad
PARIS : Karen Khachanov said he will head home following his French Open quarter-final defeat by Novak Djokovic on Tuesday with his head held high after returning to the top 10 in the world.
Khachanov, 27, will now move back into the top 10 for the first time since October 2019 when he was number eight. "Obviously I have been saying for a few years that my goal was to return to the top 10. It's not the ultimate goal, but still, it's good to have it.Djokovic's second-set tiebreak proved the turning point of the contest and Khachanov said he was unable to turn it around from there despite playing his best tennis against the world number three.
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