TOKYO. Goffin wins against Shapovalov in the 2nd round

David Goffin victorious over Denis Shapovalov 7-6⁵ 7-6² in the 2^nd round in Tokyo on Thursday. Goffin is going to play against Hyeon Chung in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, David won the breaker at 5.

2^nd set.

Also in this set, neither player conceded a service game. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, David won the breaker at 2.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Belgian scored 91 points vs. the Canadian’s 81 points.

The Belgian served extremely well to win 77% of the points (46/60) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (15/25) on his second serve. Goffin wasn’t able to conquer any break point to conquer the match only at the breakers.On the other side, Shapovalov wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Goffin and Shapovalov is 1-0 for David.

Highlights David Goffin vs. Denis Shapovalov Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo

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Next Match: David Goffin vs. Hyeon Chung – stats

Goffin will square off with Chung in the quarter.

This will be the 4^th time that David Goffin and Hyeon Chung clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Goffin (see full H2H stats), but Chung has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Goffin won 6-4 6-1 in the 2^nd round in Basel back in 2017.

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• John MillmanMillman – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Hyeon ChungChung – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-6⁵ 7-6²) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Lucas PouillePouille – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-7² 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Gilles SimonSimon (7-6⁴ 7-6²) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Go SoedaSoeda (6-3 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Lucas PouillePouille (2-0) – See H2H details
• John MillmanMillman – Taro DanielDaniel (0-1) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Hyeon ChungChung (2-1) – See H2H details
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – See H2H details