Aslan Karatsev

Jan-Lennard Struff thought he was done at the Madrid Open when he lost to Aslan Karatsev in the final round of qualifying last week.

This means that the two can only meet in the final, it was decided by draw.

This 250 series tournament is played from April 18 to 24, at the same time as the ATP 500 Tournament in Barcelona, however, it does not lag far behind in terms of quality. Belgrade has managed to attract some respectable names, so in addition to the world no.1, Novak Djokovic, Andrej Rublev, the eighth in the world, and Dominic Thiem, the winner of the US Open from 2020, will also perform.

Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov bowed out twice in as many weeks in US tennis tournaments.

Novak's potential rivals: Round I - free Round II Fucsovics / Fognini Round III Monfils / Basilashvili 1/4F Norrie / Rublev 1/2F Tsitsipas / Hurkacz F Medvedev / Zverev

The best Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov demonstrates that he is gradually regaining his form. Our first racket qualified for the semifinals of the strong tournament ATP in San Diego, after eliminating the Russian Aslan Karatsev with 6: 1, 1: 6, 6: 2. In a dispute for a place in the final, Haskovo born Dimitrov will face Casper Ruud.

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic played an unexpectedly uncertain match against Kei Nishikori, which lasted more than three and a half hours, advancing against Kei Nishikori 3: 1 (6-7, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2) in the third round.
The match once again showed that Djokovic manages better when he plays in three won sets, instead of two, as was the case at the Olympic Games.

He says that it is a great honor to return a tournament of this type to Belgrade.

The defending champion of the tournament in Melbourne defeated the 114th player in the world, Russian Aslan Karatsev, 6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 2, without major problems after 113 minutes of the game.
It was the 20th consecutive victory of the World No. 1 at the tournament in Melbourne Park, which brought him a place in the 28th Grand Slam final in his career.

Qualifier Aslan Karatsev continued his stunning run into the Australian Open semi-finals on Tuesday, beating an ailing Grigor Dimitrov 2-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 to become the first man in the open era to reach the last four in his maiden grand slam.