Denis Shapovalov topples Jenson Brooksby 7-5 6-4 in the semifinal in Seoul on Saturday. Shapovalov will engage against Yoshihito Nishioka in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes.
Shapovalov added to his prize money $ 40,875 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 99,185 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Canadian will add $ 70,850 to his earnings to get in total $ 170,035 in total.
Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs. Jenson Brooksby Korea Open – Seoul
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:33
At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 62 points vs. Jenson’s 57.
Shapovalov
The Canadian was pretty focused in converting 80% of the break points that he conquered (4/5).
Brooksby
On the other side, Brooksby was pretty effective at converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). However, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Shapovalov and Brooksby is 1-0 for Denis.
Draw and next match H2H: Denis Shapovalov vs. Yoshihito Nishioka – stats
Shapovalov will fight against Nishioka in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Denis Shapovalov and Yoshihito Nishioka fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
The Canadian won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game, Denis broke back 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-5.
A defining moment of this set was when the Canadian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 1-3 to 5-3.
Denis converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Jenson converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 63 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Canadian won just 3 points more than Jenson (33-30). Shapovalov lost 13 points on serve (19-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Jenson conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Shapovalov clinched in the 9th game (5-4) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
The Canadian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-4 40-A). On the other side, the Canadian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 56 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Canadian won just 2 more points than the American (29-27). Shapovalov surrendered 8 points on serve (21-8). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 8 points on serve (19-8).
Tennis Scores in Seoul
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-3 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-0) – H2H details and stats
