By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday October 26, 2023
Russian Alexander Shevchenko has been rising up the rankings all season, and now, after his first Prime-10 win on Thursday in Basel, he’s into his first quarterfinal. Let’s take a second to get to know the 22-year-old a bit higher…
He’s as much as 63 within the Rankings
After defeating Taylor Fritz in three tiebreaks on Thursday, Shevchenko is into his first ATP quarterfinal and is up 20 spots within the dwell rankings to a career-high No.63. He’ll face both Botic Van de Zandschulp or Felix Auger-Aliassime subsequent.
He completed 2022 at 154 on this planet.
He’s engaged to WTA participant Anastasia Potapova
The pair obtained engaged final month.
Congratulations to World No. 26 Anastasia Potapova and World No. 86 Alexander Shevchenko on getting engaged! 🍾💍 pic.twitter.com/JPL9pcTF6e
— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) September 24, 2023
He Made His Slam Debut at Roland Garros
Shevchenko defeated Oscar Otte within the first spherical in Paris this yr. He’s 1-3 lifetime in principal draw matches on the majors.
He Did Not Have an ATP Win Previous to 2023
Shevchenko obtained his first ATP win at Barcelona, defeating Italy’s Lorenzo Giustino 6-2 6-2 earlier than shedding to Alex de Minaur within the second spherical.
Within the subsequent week he certified for his first Masters 1000 look at Madrid and defeated JJ Wolf and Jiri Lehecka earlier than falling to Daniil Medvedev in three units.
He additionally reached the third spherical at Rome within the very subsequent week. He’s 12-15 total this season.
What a second 🥹
Alexander Shevchenko defeats Fritz 6-7 7-6 7-6 to assert the most important win of his profession 🔥#SwissIndoorsBasel pic.twitter.com/N0Ra1FEhF5
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) October 26, 2023
He Was Outdoors the Prime 300 final March
The 22-year-old has been a climber up the rankings for the final 18 months. He broke into Prime-300 in March 2022, Prime 200 in June 2022, Prime 100 in April 2023, attaining career-high No. 84 on 22 Might 2023.
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