Vasek Pospisil surprises Aljaz Bedene 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Montpellier on Monday. Pospisil will clash against Denis Shapovalov in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Vasek conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).
2nd set.
Similarly to the 1st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Vasek conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Vasek scored 65 points vs. the Slovenian’s 50 points.
The Canadian served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (32/41) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (12/22) on his second serve. Vasek was remarkable in converting all the break points (2/2). On the other side, Aljaz wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Pospisil and Bedene is 2-2.
Next Match H2H: Vasek Pospisil vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats
Pospisil will square off with Shapovalov in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Vasek Pospisil and Denis Shapovalov fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Shapovalov won 6-4 7-62 in the 2nd round in Auckland back in January 2020.
Tennis Scores in Montpellier
- Norbert GombosGombos – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Joao SousaSousa (6-2 7-66) – See score progression
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Aljaz BedeneBedene (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-3) – See H2H details
- Gilles SimonSimon – Richard GasquetGasquet (1-8) – See H2H details
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – See H2H details
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-1) – See H2H details
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (0-0) – See H2H details
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-1) – See H2H details
- Alexander BublikBublik – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (0-0) – See H2H details
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Dennis NovakNovak (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Feliciano LopezLopez (0-0) – See H2H details
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-0) – See H2H details
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Mikael YmerYmer (1-0) – See H2H details