Sports: Mubadala World Tennis Championship: Karen Khachanov becomes 3rd-place prize winner

Emil Lazarian 2018
News.am, Armenia
Dec 30 2018

Russia’s No. 1-ranked tennis player Karen Khachanov has won the third-place prize at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.

The 22-year-old Muscovite Armenian athlete defeated Dominic Thiem (Austria) in three sets, in the champion’s tiebreak.

In the final of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship, World No. 1 Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Kevin Anderson (South Africa) in three sets and became the winner of this tournament.

Emil Lazarian

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