Arthur Fils soars past Pavel Kotov 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Shanghai on Thursday after playing an impressive match to play Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes.
Fils added to his prize money $ 12,195 after winning this match. He has already won $ 30,855 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add $ 24,915 to his earnings to get in total $ 55,770 in total.
Highlights Arthur Fils vs. Pavel Kotov Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Arthur scored 61 points vs. Kotov’s 47.
Fils
Fils served pretty well to win 81% of the points (26/32) behind his first serve. However he won only 43% points (10/23) on his second serve. Arthur won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Kotov
On the other side, Kotov was absolutely great in converting the only break point that he converted. Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Fils and Kotov is 1-0 for Arthur.
Draw and next match H2H: Arthur Fils vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – stats
Fils will face Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Arthur Fils and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Davidovich Fokina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Davidovich Fokina won 7-63 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Atp cup back in July 2023.