The 2021 Australian Open championships are reaching the decisive stages, and none of us believed we would see the next tennis player there – Aslan Kratzb. The Russian, who grew up in Israel and is ranked 114th in the world, is currently facing senior semi-finalist Novak Djokovic. You know, the one who has won the last two championships and also the most times in the history of the first Grand Slam of the year.
Nola did not travel so lightly to this class this time. Although he skipped Jeremy Shardy (61 in the world) in the first round with a very fast 0: 3, he lost a battle against Frances Tiapo (64 in the world), two sets against Taylor Fritz (31 in the world) and then also defeated 1: 3 tougher opponents Character Milos Raunic (14) and Alexander Zebrav (7). He is now looking for the ticket to battle for the title, in order to continue his streak and increase the record to 9 wins in Melbourne.
For Kratzb the story is completely different. He started with some very impressive victories without losing a battle against Gianluca Magar (96 in the world) and Igor Gersimov (79 in the world). He then surprised right when he defeated Diego Schwartzman (9th in the world) 0: 3 much better than him, at least on paper. Here he did not stop, and continued with a hard 2: 3 against Felix Oger-Eliasim (19 in the world), and in the quarterfinals he defeated Gregor Dimitrov (21 in the world) with an equally impressive 1: 3.
