Georgia’s NO.1 tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili defeated Matthew Ebden 7:6, 6:4 in ¼ final of Memphis Open and in semifinal will face Mikhail Kukushkin.
The world’s NO.490 tennis player made the Georgian worry, but Basilashvili proved his leadership and won the meeting.
In the last meeting the Georgian had 5 aces and 3 double faults. Basilashvili was playing aggressively and was spreading the ball well. As for Matthew, he tried to win the game by his exact play and opponent’s mistakes. Despite the tactics of the Australian, Nika played well and won the hard game.
In live-ranking, the Georgian is in the 56th place, at the highest place of his career. In semifinal, Basilashvili will face Kazakh player, who is in the 103th position. In ¼ final, Kukushkin easily won over Steve Johnson 6:0, 6:4.
This year, Basilashvili made through to the semifinal of the Open tournament for the second time and was able to gain 90 ranking points also for the second time in a row. The same time, Basilashvili earned 32, 695 USD by his good play in America and if he makes through to final, he may hit the best top 50.
