Barcelona Open star explains bizarre ‘fight’ after confronting rival in handshake

Karen Khachanov has explained why he confronted Alejandro Davidovich Fokina after their quarter-final clash in Barcelona. The Russian won the last five games of the match to seal a 6-4 7-5 victory, booking his spot in the last four. But there was a bizarre end to the match when they suddenly had it out during the handshake.

The world No. 27 could be seen gesturing to Davidovich Fokina as he made his point but they suddenly hugged and parted ways. Khachanov then admitted they had been in a “little bit of a fight” earlier in the match and wanted to sort things out.

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