Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov won the ATP 250 tournament held in Doha, with a prize fund of approximately 1.4 million dollars.
He faced Jakub Menšik from the Czech Republic in the final of the tournament. The match lasted 1 hour and 50 minutes and ended with the Russians winning in two sets, 7:6 (14:12), 6:4.
In the updated ranking of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), Khachanov, who received 2010 points, is ranked 17th. The now 27-year-old tennis player is the winner of six tournaments held under the auspices of the organization.
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic continues to lead the ATP rankings with 9855 points. Spanish Carlos Alcaraz ranks second with 9105 points. In third place is Italian Jannik Sinner (8270 points). Right behind him were two Russians: Daniil Medvedev rose from third to fourth place (8265 points), Andrei Rublev was in fifth place (5105 points).
Russian tennis players compete as neutral athletes in international tournaments. They just missed Wimbledon 2022.
Previously Russian tennis player stateda person who performs for the sake of money.