Karen Khachanov vs Laslo Djere Prediction: Khachanov won't have a problem

In the round of 32 of the Paris Tennis Tournament, the 15th ranked player in the world Karen Khachanov will meet the 34th ATP ranking number of Serbian Laszlo Diere. The guys have crossed paths twice before in the Tour, on clay and grass and both meetings the Russian won very confidently. Not surprisingly, Karen is listed as a notable favorite in the pairing.

As we expected, Karen very confidently passed the first round of the Masters in Paris, beating the 43rd ranked Australian Purcell in two games 6:4, 6:4. During the game, the Russian made five aces and five double faults, won 75% of points on the first serve and 55% on the second. It should be noted that for Khachanov, the Paris Masters is the second event in the fall part of the season. Before that, Khachanov played three matches in Vienna, where he was stronger than Lehecka and Safiullin but weaker than Medvedev.

Before Paris, the Serb played one round in Stockholm, where he had four matches and eventually dropped out of the semifinals to Monfils. Not a bad result, but the lineup in the Swedish capital was not great. In the French capital, Djere played one match against Frenchman van Ash, beating Luca in three sets 6:7, 6:4, 6:4 in two hours and 41 minutes. During the game, Laslo served 14 times with two double faults and won 70% of points on the first and 56% on the second serve.

Karen is in good shape, which we have seen both in Vienna and here in Paris. And Laslo Djere is quite a convenient opponent for the Russian, at least in both personal meetings between the guys and also on different surfaces. The Russian won without problems. There is a lot of evidence that Khachanov will have no problems on Tuesday, so we bet on the victory of the 15th racket in the world in two games.