STOCKHOLM RESULTS. Denis Shapovalov conquers Popyrin in the 2nd round

Denis Shapovalov gets the better of Alexei Popyrin 6-4 7-6³ in the 2^nd round in Stockholm on Thursday. Shapovalov will engage against Cedrik-Marcel Stebe in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st 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 9^th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

The Canadian won the set after he broke Alexei in the 9^th (5-4) game. Alexei tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10^th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, Denis didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set at the following breaker at 3.

The Canadian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 15.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 78 points vs. the Australian’s 64 points.

Shapovalov served pretty well to win 92% of the points (33/36) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (17/34) on his second serve. The Canadian blasted 10 aces and he committed 6 double faults. Shapovalov won this match even if he had some problems in converting his break points as he converted only 40% (2/5). On the other side, Popyrin was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 20% of his break points (1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Shapovalov and Popyrin is 1-0 for Denis.

Next Match: Denis Shapovalov vs. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe – stats

Shapovalov will play Stebe in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Denis Shapovalov and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Stockholm

• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Mikael YmerYmer (6-0 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Yuichi SugitaSugita – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Gianluca MagerMager (6-3 7-6²) – See score progression
• Janko TipsarevicTipsarevic – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-7⁷ 6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Daniel EvansEvans (7-5 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (7-5 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Janko TipsarevicTipsarevic – Yuichi SugitaSugita (1-0) – See H2H details
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – See H2H details
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (0-0) – See H2H details
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (0-0) – See H2H details