SHANGHAI. Roger Federer beats Goffin in the 3rd round

SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS - SHANGHAI. Federer bests Goffin to square off with Alexander Zverev in the quarter

Prediction and head to head Roger Federer vs. David Goffin

Roger Federer tops David Goffin 7-67 6-4 in the 3rd round in Shanghai on Thursday. Federer will seek to keep on going in this event against Alexander Zverev in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The Swiss won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 11th (5-6) game, Roger broke back in the 12th (6-6) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 7.

2nd set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the Swiss conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Federer scored 90 points vs. David’s 82 points.

Federer won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 40% (2/5). On the other side, the Belgian was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 33% of his break points (1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Federer and Goffin is 10-1 for Roger.

Highlights Roger Federer vs. David Goffin Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai

Next Match: Roger Federer vs. Alexander Zverev – stats

Federer will come up against Zverev in the quarter.

This will be the 7th time that Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev clash against each other. The head to head is 3-3 for Federer and Zverev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Zverev won 7-5 7-65 in the semifinal in London back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

Upcoming matches

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  • Daniil MedvedevMedvedevFabio FogniniFognini (1-1) – See H2H details
  • Alexander ZverevZverevRoger FedererFederer (3-3) – See H2H details
  • Matteo BerrettiniBerrettiniDominic ThiemThiem (0-1) – See H2H details