Kazakhstani Skatov among ATP’s Five to Watch in 2023

ASTANA. KAZINFORM ATP ranked Kazakhstani Timofey Skatov among top-5 tennis players to watch in 2023, Kazinform learned from the Natinal Tennis Federation.

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«At the Challenger 125 event in Parma, Italy, Skatov became the only Kazakh Challenger champion of the year. The World No. 142 defeated Jozek Kovalik, who was on a nine-match winning streak, in the final.

Skatov, 21, plays his best tennis on clay, where he reached six Challenger semi-finals in 2022: Coquimbo, Lisbon, Braga, Seville, Roseto Degli Abruzzi-2, and Parma. Across four tournaments in September and October, the Kazakh won 14 of 16 matches and earned the highest-ranked win of his career, then-No. 71 Federico Coria, at the Coquimbo Challenger,» the ATP informed on its website.


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