Karen Khachanov had the match in hand against Ugo Humbert to advance to the final of the ATP Rolex Paris Masters 2024 after winning the first set in the tiebreak. Ugo started to tighten as he saw the unwavering support from the crowd and began an epic comeback that materialized with visible physical discomfort from the Russian. Humbert noticed this thanks to his coach Jérémy Chardy and began moving his opponent from side to side, leaving him without answers (6-7 6-4 6-3).

The Russian  Karen Khachanov came with a very positive streak until the semifinals of the ATP Rolex Paris Masters 2024. He carried the title of the ATP Almaty and the final of the ATP Vienna, but here he couldn’t push further and ended up falling to a great Ugo Humbert. At the net, they both engaged in a tense handshake, during which Karen reproached certain behaviors to his rival.

– “I’ll congratulate you when you behave like a normal person”

In the mixed zone, Karen Khachanov explained his anger and made it clear that Humbert’s behavior was not that of a fair player: “At the net, I told him to be more respectful. I always play fair; I’ll congratulate him when he behaves like a normal person, that’s all I have to say.”

“I have no problem with celebrating with the crowd, but if you see your opponent injured… Did you see me yesterday jumping and celebrating every point against Grigor? And Dimitrov wasn’t even injured, just very exhausted. You can celebrate after with the people, you can do whatever you want, and injuries are part of the sport. However, celebrating in this way when the rival is on the ground? Fine, we’ll see next time.”

– Extent of the injury

At the end of the match, Karen fell to the ground on the penultimate point due to the pain, which he said he felt in up to three different points: “I felt sharp pain in three different points, tomorrow I will evaluate myself and see the extent of the injury. Right now, I don’t know anything, perhaps it’s a micro-tear or something more serious, we’ll see.”. Nevertheless, Khachanov’s season has already come to an end as he withdrew from the tournament of the following week, the last of the regular year, the ATP Metz.

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