SHANGHAI. Novak Djokovic bests Shapovalov in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters

Novak Djokovic defeats Denis Shapovalov 6-3 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Shanghai on Wednesday. Djokovic will have to play John Isner in the 3^rd 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 Novak conquered in the 8^th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

Djokovic won the set after he broke Shapovalov in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. That break was enough for Novak to conquer the set because he didn’t drop his serve in the rest of the set.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Novak scored 66 points vs. Denis’s 40 points.

Djokovic served very well to win 89% of the points (31/35) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (8/12) on his second serve. Novak was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6). On the other side, Shapovalov wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Djokovic and Shapovalov is 3-0 for Novak.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Denis Shapovalov Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai

Next Match: Novak Djokovic vs. John Isner – stats

Djokovic will face Isner in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 12^th time that Novak Djokovic and John Isner clash against each other. The head to head is 9-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 5-2 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Djokovic won 6-4 6-3 in the R in London Finals back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Dominic ThiemThiem – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-2 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (7-6³ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Lucas PouillePouille (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Jeremy ChardyChardy (7-6¹³ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Christian GarinGarin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – John MillmanMillman (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Andy MurrayMurray (7-6⁴ 2-6 7-6²) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-2 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Joao SousaSousa (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Benoit PairePaire (6-4 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-2) – See H2H details
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – See H2H details
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – John IsnerIsner (9-2) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Roger FedererFederer (1-9) – See H2H details
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Dominic ThiemThiem (1-0) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Vasek PospisilPospisil (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Andrey RublevRublev (2-0) – See H2H details
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-3) – See H2H details