TOKYO. Denis Shapovalov wins against Kecmanovic in the 1st round of the Rakuten Japan Open

Denis Shapovalov gets by Miomir Kecmanovic 6-4 6-4 in the 1^st round in Tokyo on Tuesday. Shapovalov will play David Goffin or Pablo Carreno-Busta in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Shapovalov started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Kecmanovic in the 1^st game (1-0). That break was crucial for Denis to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks.

2^nd set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the Canadian conquered in the 3^rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Denis scored 72 points vs. Kecmanovic’s 63 points.

Denis served extremely well to win 84% of the points (36/43) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 48% points (15/31) on his second serve. Shapovalov blasted 16 aces and he committed 7 double faults. Denis won this match even if he had a tough time in converting his break points because he converted only 33% (2/6). On the other side, Kecmanovic wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Shapovalov and Kecmanovic is 2-0 for Denis.

Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs. Miomir Kecmanovic Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo

Next Match: Denis Shapovalov vs. David Goffin or Pablo Carreno-Busta – stats

Shapovalov will come up against either David Goffin or Pablo Carreno-Busta in the 2^nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. David Goffin and 1-2 vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta.

There is no head to head record between Denis Shapovalov and David Goffin since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Borna CoricCoric (6-4 4-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Gilles SimonSimon – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Hyeon ChungChung – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Joao SousaSousa (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Lucas PouillePouille – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Go SoedaSoeda – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Go SoedaSoeda (0-0) – See H2H details
• John MillmanMillman – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – See H2H details
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (1-0) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (1-2) – See H2H details
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Taro DanielDaniel (1-0) – See H2H details
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Lucas PouillePouille (0-1) – See H2H details
• Hyeon ChungChung – Marin CilicCilic (0-3) – See H2H details
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Gilles SimonSimon (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – See H2H details