Marton Fucsovics stuns Shapovalov in the 1st round

Marton Fucsovics upsets Denis Shapovalov 6-3 6-7⁷ 6-1 7-6³ in the 1^st round in Melbourne on Monday. Fucsovics will play Jannik Sinner or Max Purcell in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Fucsovics took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Shapovalov in the 1^st game (1-0). The Hungarian improved his lead after breaking the Canadian in the 9^th (6-3) game before managing to win the set.

2^nd set.

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, the Canadian won the tiebreak at 7.

3^rd set.

The Hungarian was too strong to concede just 1 game before breaking Shapovalov 3 times and win the set 6-1.

Denis was not able to offer any resistance in the last 6 games of the set (from 0-1 to 6-1).

4^th set.

Shapovalov had a favorable start in this set after breaking Fucsovics in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Marton succeeded in coming back to break the Canadian in the 8^th (4-4) game before winning the set at the breaker at 3.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Hungarian scored 145 points vs. Denis’s 123 points.

The Hungarian served pretty well to win 81% of the points (65/80) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (25/46) on his second serve. Marton was sharp when converting 55% of the break points that he conquered (6/11). On the other side, the Canadian was struggling when converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

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

Highlights Marton Fucsovics vs. Denis Shapovalov Australian Open – Melbourne

Next Match H2H: Marton Fucsovics vs. Jannik Sinner or Max Purcell – stats

Fucsovics will face either Jannik Sinner or Max Purcell in the 2^nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Jannik Sinner and 0-0 vs. Max Purcell.

There is no head to head record between Marton Fucsovics and Jannik Sinner since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Daniel EvansEvans – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (3-6 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
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• Guido PellaPella – John-Patrick SmithSmith (6-3 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 6-7⁷ 6-1 7-6³) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (4-6 6-2 6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Andrew HarrisHarris (6-3 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
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