Talk:Karen Khachanov

This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.

If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.

Biography: Sports and Games

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	Sports portal This article is supported by the sports and games work group.

Russia Low‑importance

	Russia portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Russia, a WikiProject dedicated to coverage of Russia on Wikipedia. To participate: Feel free to edit the article attached to this page, join up at the project page, or contribute to the project discussion.RussiaWikipedia:WikiProject RussiaTemplate:WikiProject RussiaRussia articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Tennis Low‑importance

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Tennis, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles that relate to tennis on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.TennisWikipedia:WikiProject TennisTemplate:WikiProject Tennistennis articles

Low

This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Tennis To-do:

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Cleanup : Take an item off the Cleanup listing
Copyedit : Roger Federer, Leander Paes, Rafael Nadal, Justine Henin – to be used as examples for ideal page structures
Expand : Grab a Start article and expand it, or peruse the List of articles.
Photo : Add photos to Tennis or Tennis people articles
Stubs : Bring a Stub up to our standards.
Other : *Sign up as a member of the project.
Tag more articles with our standard project template.
Help with the creation of yearly main articles and drawsheets for every Open Era ATP and WTA tournament.

Playing style

This section was unreferenced, so I put it here until sources will be found:

Standing at 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 192lbs, Khachanov is an aggressive offensive baseliner who is also extremely capable at defending and counterpunching. His first serve is typically flat and delivered up the T of the service box and has been recorded at speeds exceeding 135 mph (217 km/h). His second serve is usually out wide and can be either a kick serve or slice serve.

He possesses a deep, heavy, penetrating forehand which, in assistance from his extreme Western grip, he uses to impart large amounts of spin, pushing opponents far behind the baseline and setting up volleys aggressively at the net. He has received significant praise for his two handed backhand, which he uses both offensively and defensively. He can hit this backhand groundstroke open-stance and on the run, which has been cited as one of his main weapons in his gruelling, close match with Rafael Nadal at the 2018 US Open and straight sets victory over Novak Djokovic at the finals of the 2018 Paris Masters. His mobility for a 6 foot 6 tall man has also been lauded, and he can retrieve balls from difficult angles on the court to get back on defence; some stating he has better movement than many shorter players his age. His overall game has been likened to Marat Safin, as both men possess devastating groundstrokes off both wings, and have excellent movement for their tall heights.

Areas which have been cited as needing improvement are his forehand on the run as it isn’t as punishing a weapon when under stress. He also has been advised to adopt a better return of serve in order to challenge big servers more effectively.