PARIS RESULTS. Shapovalov ousts Fognini in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Masters

BNP PARIBAS MASTERS - PARIS RESULTS. Shapovalov wins against Fognini to compete against Alexander Zverev in the 3rd round

Prediction and head to head Denis Shapovalov vs. Fabio Fognini

Denis Shapovalov aces Fabio Fognini 3-6 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Paris on Wednesday. Shapovalov will face off with Alexander Zverev in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The Italian won the set after he broke the Canadian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. The Canadian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Anyhow, Fabio kept the situation under control before winning the set 6-3.

2nd set.

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

3rd set.

Shapovalov took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Fognini in the 1st game (1-0). The Canadian managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the Italian in the 9th (6-3) game before conquering the set.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 83 points vs. Fognini’s 76 points.

Shapovalov served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (33/43) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (19/35) on his second serve. Shapovalov fired 14 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Shapovalov was effective when converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7). On the other side, the Italian was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 33% of his break points (2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Shapovalov and Fognini is 2-0 for Denis.

Next Match: Denis Shapovalov vs. Alexander Zverev – stats

Shapovalov will square off with Zverev in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Denis Shapovalov and Alexander Zverev play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Zverev won 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in Madrid back in 2018.

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