SHANGHAI. Denis Shapovalov topples Tiafoe in the 1st round

Denis Shapovalov topples Frances Tiafoe 6-4 6-2 in the 1^st round in Shanghai on Monday. Shapovalov will seek to keep on going in this event against Novak Djokovic in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Canadian conquered in the 5^th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

The Canadian in this set played a much better tennis than Francis and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Tiafoe in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

The American was powerless in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 67 points vs. Francis’s 50 points.

Shapovalov served pretty well to win 93% of the points (27/29) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (10/20) on his second serve. The Canadian won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 21% (3/14). On the other side, Francis wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Shapovalov and Tiafoe is 3-1 for Denis.

Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs. Frances Tiafoe Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai

Next Match: Denis Shapovalov vs. Novak Djokovic – stats

Shapovalov will take on Djokovic in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Denis Shapovalov and Novak Djokovic clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Djokovic won 6-1 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Rome back in May 2019.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Ze ZhangZhang (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Andy MurrayMurray – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (2-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-5 6-7¹ 6-3) – See score progression
• Christian GarinGarin – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Gilles SimonSimon (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (7-6² 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Radu AlbotAlbot (4-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Joao SousaSousa – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (2-6 6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Fabio FogniniFognini – Andy MurrayMurray (3-4) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-0) – See H2H details
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (2-0) – See H2H details
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Roger FedererFederer (1-1) – See H2H details
• Zhe LiLi – Lucas PouillePouille (0-0) – See H2H details
• Guido PellaPella – John MillmanMillman (1-0) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Richard GasquetGasquet (2-1) – See H2H details
• Joao SousaSousa – Vasek PospisilPospisil (4-0) – See H2H details
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-1) – See H2H details
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-5) – See H2H details
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Benoit PairePaire (0-3) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Jeremy ChardyChardy (3-1) – See H2H details
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Andrey RublevRublev – Borna CoricCoric (2-0) – See H2H details
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – John IsnerIsner (0-1) – See H2H details
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – See H2H details