{"id":153537,"date":"2021-02-17T09:09:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T14:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewishexponent.com\/?p=153537"},"modified":"2021-02-17T09:09:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T14:09:05","slug":"russian-israeli-aslan-karatsev-makes-tennis-history-at-australian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishexponent.com\/russian-israeli-aslan-karatsev-makes-tennis-history-at-australian-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian-Israeli Aslan Karatsev Makes Tennis History at Australian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_153538\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153538\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-153538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewishexponent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-16-21-aslan-karatsev-2048x1138-1-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewishexponent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-16-21-aslan-karatsev-2048x1138-1-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jewishexponent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-16-21-aslan-karatsev-2048x1138-1-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jewishexponent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-16-21-aslan-karatsev-2048x1138-1-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jewishexponent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-16-21-aslan-karatsev-2048x1138-1-1536x854.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jewishexponent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-16-21-aslan-karatsev-2048x1138-1-696x385.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.jewishexponent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-16-21-aslan-karatsev-2048x1138-1-1068x593.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.jewishexponent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-16-21-aslan-karatsev-2048x1138-1-1920x1067.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.jewishexponent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-16-21-aslan-karatsev-2048x1138-1-756x420.jpg 756w, https:\/\/www.jewishexponent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-16-21-aslan-karatsev-2048x1138-1-640x356.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewishexponent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-16-21-aslan-karatsev-2048x1138-1-600x333.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.jewishexponent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-16-21-aslan-karatsev-2048x1138-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aslan Karatsev shown in his match against Grigor Dimitrov at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Feb. 16, 2021. (Cameron Spencer\/Getty Images via JTA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By Emily Burack<\/p>\n<p>Aslan Karatsev, a Russian tennis player with Jewish heritage who lived in Israel for nearly a decade, is making history at the Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s his first appearance in a Grand Slam tournament, and he had to play well in the preceding qualifying tournament just to make the draw. Now Karatsev, who was ranked 253th in the world after play resumed last year following a pandemic break, is in the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ausopen.com\/articles\/match-report\/karatsev-makes-history-run-semis\">only the second qualifier<\/a>\u00a0in history to make it to the Australian Open semifinals, the fifth qualifier to reach a Grand Slam semifinal in the so-called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennismajors.com\/our-features\/long-form-our-features\/1968-open-era-the-moment-tennis-opted-to-become-a-modern-sport-228622.html\">Open Era<\/a>\u00a0(beginning in 1968) and the first male player to reach the semifinals in his Grand Slam debut.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, the 27-year-old\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/quick-reads\/diego-schwartzman-loses-in-third-round-upset-at-australian-open\">upset the Argentine-Jewish standout Diego Schwartzman,\u00a0<\/a>who is ranked in the top 10, in the third round; top 20 Canadian youngster Felix Auger Aliassime in the fourth; and veteran Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"teads-inread sm-screen\">\n<div id=\"teads0\" class=\"teads-player\">Next up is Novak Djokovic, the No. 1 seed and defending champion, in the semis.<\/div>\n<div>Karatsev has soared to 114th in the rankings and no matter the result against Djokovic, he will break the top 50. (If he wins, he\u2019ll make the top 30.)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an unbelievable feeling,\u201d Karatsev\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/news\/dimitrov-karatsev-australian-open-2021-qf\">said<\/a>\u00a0after his latest win.<\/p>\n<section class=\"post-embed\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1361587163196981248&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jta.org%2F2021%2F02%2F16%2Fsports%2Frussian-israeli-tennis-player-aslan-karatsev-makes-history-at-the-australian-open&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=889aa01%3A1612811843556&amp;width=500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1361587163196981248\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>Karatsev was born in the North Caucasus region of Russia. His maternal grandfather is Jewish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI moved to Israel when I was 3 years old with my family, and then I started to practice in Yafo, Tel Aviv-Yafo,\u201d he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/christophclarey\/status\/1361665334042890241?s=20\">said<\/a>\u00a0at a recent news conference. \u201cI grew up there, practicing there until 12 years old, and then I moved back to Russia with my father.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Karatsev\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kan.org.il\/Item\/?itemId=100327&amp;fbclid=IwAR2wI-07Jgetqf-rMaIyAq0IG0I_ILt4tec5QsMkf_2Ive_-JPu6mkoeudM\">said<\/a>\u00a0the Israel Tennis Association\u2019s lack of funding was a major factor pushing him to leave.\u00a0His mother and sister remained in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>He moved to Rostov, Russia, for better training, then Moscow. From there it was on to Halle, Germany, and Barcelona, Spain, before finally ending up in Minsk, Belarus, where he lives today. Karatsev\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ajn.timesofisrael.com\/former-israeli-in-australian-open-quarters\/\">still<\/a>\u00a0has an Israeli passport and speaks fluent Hebrew.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Jewish news\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ajn.timesofisrael.com\/former-israeli-in-australian-open-quarters\/\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that in September, Amir Weintraub, an Israeli tennis player, and Avi Peretz, chair of the Israel Tennis Association, tried to convince Karatsev to play internationally for Israel. But Karatsev had already signed on to compete with Russia in the Davis Cup tournament, which pits teams of players representing different countries against each other, Olympics style.<\/p>\n<p>The gap between the semifinalists could not be wider. Djokovic, one of the top players in tennis history, has eight Australian Open titles \u2014 Karatsev has eight career ATP wins.<\/p>\n<p>(Ranked 114th in the world, Karatsev becomes the lowest-ranked man in the semifinals since Goran Ivanisevic was 125th at Wimbledon in 2001. Coincidentally, Ivanisevic now coaches Djokovic.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">\u201cI\u2019m trying to enjoy the moment, not thinking about it too much, just playing from round to round,\u201d Karatsev\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/16\/sports\/tennis\/aslan-karatsev-australian-open.html\">said<\/a>\u00a0Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aslan Karatsev, a Russian tennis player with Jewish heritage who lived in Israel for nearly a decade, is making history at the Australian Open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13297,"featured_media":153538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11],"tags":[11698],"section":[],"coauthors":[12308],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russian-Israeli Aslan Karatsev Makes Tennis History at Australian Open - 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