It is the improbable and beautiful story of this Australian Open, definitely like no other.
Tombeur Tuesday in four sets in the quarterfinals of a Grigor Dimitrov, it is true, injured in the back (2-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2), the Russian Aslan Karatsev, 114th in the world, became the very first player of the Open era to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament on his very first participation.
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The main interested party can hardly believe it:
“I received something like 200 messages on WhatsApp, and I think there will be more.
Four months ago, I was 116th in the world and I told myself that the first step would already be to reach the top 100 at the end of 2020. I did not succeed. "
He is now guaranteed to enter the top 50 after the tournament (42nd at worst).
At each press conference, this stranger unrolls his CV:
“I was born in Russia (in Vladikavkaz) but quickly moved to Israel at the age of 3.
When I was 12, I returned to Russia and there I met Dmitry Turnosov, who
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