The 2024 Rome Masters men's singles 1/8 finals just ended a match, Tabilo defeated Khachanov 2-0 in straight sets and entered the top 8 strongly. It's just that this game was a bit brutal, and it went through 2 cruel tie-breaks.
Tabilo is the No. 29 seed in the tournament, and in the last round against the 24-time Grand Slam champion and world No. 1 Djokovic, Tabilo performed quite well, knocking out Djokovic 2-0 in straight sets, causing a big upset and becoming the latter's finisher! Khachanov, the tournament's No.16 seed, defeated No.20 seed Serendro 6-2, 6-4 in the last round to win all five of his matches. Judging by the ranking of the two, Khachanov is still stronger than Tabilo.
In the first set, the first four games of the two held their own serves, 2-2! In the 5th game, Khachanov took the lead in breaking, Tabilo quickly broke back, and then held serve to overtake, and in the 8th game, Khachanov continued to hold serve 4-4. Subsequently, the two of them each held their own serve and entered the tiebreaker. In the tie-break battle, Tabilo won 7-5 and led 1-0.
In the second set, in the third game, Tabilo broke first, and then held serve 3-1, but Khachanov won three games in a row to overtake 4-3, and in the eighth game, Tabilo held serve 4-4. Then the two held their respective serves, 6-6 and tied seven again. In the tie-break, Tabilo won a thrilling 12-10 and defeated Khachanov 2-0.
Tabilo hides his face with excitement after the game! In the next round, Tabilo may face China's No. 1 brother Zhang Zhizhen: Zhang Zhizhen will face Montero later, and there is still a lot of hope of winning, and the winner between the two will face Tabilo in the next round.