PARIS RESULTS. Denis Shapovalov downs Zverev in the 3rd round. Monfils next

Denis Shapovalov defeats Alexander Zverev 6-2 5-7 6-2 in the 3^rd round in Paris on Thursday. Shapovalov will face Gael Monfils in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The Canadian in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Zverev and consequently, he won 6-2 after breaking Alexander in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (4-1) game.

A crucial moment of the match was when the Canadian won 5 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.

2^nd set.

Zverev won the set after he broke Denis in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 12^th (7-5) game. The Canadian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (4-3) game. Yet, Alexander maintained the focus before winning the set 7-5.

3^rd set.

Shapovalov got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Zverev in the 1^st game (1-0). The Canadian extended his lead after breaking Alexander in the 7^th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 104 points vs. Zverev’s 85 points.

Denis served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (43/52) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 43% points (19/44) on his second serve. The Canadian won this match even if he had some problems in converting his break points because he converted only 29% (5/17). On the other side, the German was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points because he converted only 15% of his break points (2/13). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Shapovalov and Zverev is 1-2 for Alexander.

Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs. Alexander Zverev BNP Paribas Masters – Paris

Shapovalov’s Interview

After the match, Denis commented:

“Yeah definitely [happy]. I’ve never beat [Zverev] before so it’s an amazing feeling. The quality of tennis was unbelievable today so I was really happy with the way I was able to play.

I felt like I was the better player in the second set, I felt like I had a little bit more chances than he did. I told myself: ‘just regroup, try to get a good start [in the decider]’ and that’s exactly what happened and after that, I just kinda rolled with it.”

Next Match: Denis Shapovalov vs. Gael Monfils – stats

Shapovalov will take on Monfils in the quarter. The Frenchman will have the full crowd behind him as he will be 1 win from qualifying for the finals.

This will be the 2^nd time that Denis Shapovalov and Gael Monfils fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Monfils (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Monfils won 6-7⁵ 7-6⁴ 6-4 6-7⁶ 6-3 in the 3^rd round in New York back in August 2019.

Tennis Scores in Paris

• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Radu AlbotAlbot (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (2-6 6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Christian GarinGarin – Jeremy ChardyChardy (6-7⁴ 6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-2 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Kyle EdmundEdmund (7-6⁷ 6-1) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Dominic ThiemThiem (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Rafael NadalNadal – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Rafael NadalNadal (4-9) – See H2H details
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-2) – See H2H details
• Christian GarinGarin – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-1) – See H2H details