ATP Marseille 250: Karen Khachanov vs Mackenzie McDonald – Preview, Head-to-Head and Prediction for Open 13 Provence
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Karen Khachanov and Mackenzie McDonald
Karen Khachanov will take on Mackenzie McDonald will in the Second round of the Open 13 Provence. Khachanov is currently the World no.21 on the ATP rankings and McDonald is the World no.120.
Match Details:
- Date: 10th March 2021
- Tournament: Open 13 Provence
- Fixture: Karen Khachanov vs Mackenzie McDonald
- Round: Second Round
- Venue: Marseille, France
- Category: ATP 250
- Surface: Hard Court
- Prize Money: €7,140
Karen Khachanov vs Mackenzie McDonald : Match Preview
Khachanov is seeded third for this year’s Open 13 Provence because of which he had a bye in the first round. Khachanov made a good start to the year 2021. First he made it to the Semi Finals of the Adelaide International, and then followed it up with a third round finish at the Australian Open 2021.
In the last event that he played, the Rotterdam Open, he beat Stan Wawrinka in the first round before going down to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Quarter Finals, 6-4 3-6 5-7. His second round opponent is the American Mackenzie McDonald. McDonald had a great Australian Open.
He reached the fourth round of the event where he eventually fell to the finalist Daniil Medvedev. After the Australian Open, he participated and won the President’s Cup, which is a challenger competition held in Kazakhstan.
Karen Khachanov vs Mackenzie McDonald: Head-to-Head
The two players have not met before on the tour, so the current head to head stands at 0-0.
Karen Khachanov vs Mackenzie McDonald: Prediction
Khachanov is 6 feet 6 inches tall, strongly built, and his game is built around that. He has a fantastic serve and heavy groundstrokes. McDonald though is a good returner of serve and has an explosive baseline game as well. It will be an interesting match up.
Prediction: Khachanov should win this game in three sets.
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