De Minaur topples Shapovalov in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS – MONTREAL RESULTS

NATIONAL BANK OPEN - MONTREAL DRAW AND RESULTS. De Minaur overcomes Shapovalov to come up against Grigor Dimitrov in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Denis Shapovalov

Alex De Minaur overcomes Denis Shapovalov 7-5 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Montreal on Tuesday. De Minaur will fight against Grigor Dimitrov in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 52 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.

De Minaur
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De Minaur's Record

De Minaur added to his prize money $ 19,070 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 42,760 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alex will add $ 36,985 to his earnings to get in total $ 79,745 in total.

Highlights Alex De Minaur vs. Denis Shapovalov National Bank Open – Montreal

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Minaur
Shapovalov
Alex De Minaur
7-5 7-64
1h:52
Denis Shapovalov
81
81
Total points
76
76
40
40
Winners
37
37
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
61%
61%
1st in
69%
69%
80%
80%
1st won
71%
71%
40/50
40/50
1st won
37/52
37/52
50%
50%
2nd won
57%
57%
16/32
16/32
2nd won
13/23
13/23
-- Break Points --
2/4
2/4
Total
1/5
1/5
50%
50%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, Alex scored 81 points vs. Shapovalov’s 76.

De Minaur

The Australian served extremely well to win 80% of the points (40/50) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (16/32) on his second serve. Alex didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4).

Shapovalov

On the other side, the Canadian was battling in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between De Minaur and Shapovalov is 3-1 for Alex.

Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats

De Minaur will face Dimitrov in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Alex De Minaur and Grigor Dimitrov fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for De Minaur and Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Alex De Minaur Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Australian conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

De Minaur wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 40-A). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 67 points. The contest during this set was so even that Alex won barely 1 point more than Denis (34-33). Alex dropped 8 points on serve (25-8). On the losing side, the Canadian conceded 9 points on serve (25-9).

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The Australian conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Alex broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-4.

Tiebreak

Alex won 4 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Denis won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1) and 8th (4-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

The Australian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40). In addition on the other side, Denis converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 90 points. Alex was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Shapovalov (47-43). De Minaur conceded 18 points on serve (31-18). In addition, on the other side, the Canadian conceded 16 points on serve (25-16).

 

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