Denis Shapovalov brushes past Christopher O Connell 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Belgrade on Thursday after playing a good match to clash against Jiri Lehecka in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes.
Shapovalov added to his prize money € 16,450 after winning this match. He has already won € 39,120 as of now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, the Canadian will add € 27,435 to his earnings to get in total € 66,555.
Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs. Christopher O Connell Belgrade Open – Belgrade
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:11
At the end of the match, Shapovalov scored 64 points vs. Christopher’s 41.
Shapovalov
The Canadian served exceptionally well to win 91% of the points (29/32) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 45% points (5/11) on his second serve. Shapovalov fired 12 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The Canadian was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he procured (4/6).
O Connell
On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Shapovalov and O Connell is 1-0 for Denis.
Draw and next match H2H: Denis Shapovalov vs. Jiri Lehecka – stats
Shapovalov will come up against Lehecka in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Denis Shapovalov and Jiri Lehecka face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Lehecka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Shapovalov conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Christopher O Connell in the 1st game (1-0). The Canadian extended his lead after breaking Christopher in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
Christopher lost the 7th game (5-2) when he had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve. O Connell was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-2 to 6-2.
The Canadian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 7th (4-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Christopher was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 65 points. Shapovalov conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Christopher (39-26). Shapovalov lost 5 points on serve (18-5). On the other side, the Australian conceded 21 points on serve (21-21).
Shapovalov didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Christopher O Connell in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was the key for Shapovalov to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Shapovalov was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (3-1 40-A). On the other side, Denis didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 40 points. Shapovalov conquered the set after winning 10 points more than O Connell (25-15). The Canadian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 9 points on serve (11-9).
Tennis Scores in Belgrade
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-4 6-2)
- Laslo DjereDjere – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 6-2)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Lukas KleinKlein (3-6 7-63 6-3)
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-2 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Laslo DjereDjere – (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-0) – H2H details and stats
