Diego Sebastian Schwartzman outlasts Denis Shapovalov 6-4 5-7 7-64 in the semifinal in Rome on Sunday after winning a huge battle. Schwartzman will engage against Novak Djokovic in the final.
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Schwartzman was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Shapovalov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Schwartzman to win the set as Denis succeeded in breaking back in the 9th (4-5) game. Diego maintained his focus to break Denis in the 10th (6-4) game.
The Argentine converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Denis converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
The Canadian won the set after he broke Schwartzman in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Diego tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. However, Denis kept the focus to win the set 7-5.
Shapovalov converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (4-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). Also, on the other side, Diego converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 10th (4-5 15-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40).
They contested 71 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Denis won just 3 points more than Diego (37-34). The Canadian surrendered 12 points on serve (22-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Diego conceded 15 points on serve (22-15).
Diego won the set after recovering 3 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game, The Argentine broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-4.
Tiebreak
The Argentine won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Shapovalov won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (2-3) and 8th (4-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
The Argentine converted 37% of his break points (3/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (1-2 15-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-5 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Canadian converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 95 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Schwartzman won just 1 point more than the Canadian (48-47). Schwartzman conceded 25 points on serve (23-25). On the other side, Shapovalov conceded 25 points on serve (22-25).
Stats: aces, double faults and breaks
At the end of the match, Diego scored 113 points vs. Shapovalov’s 112.
Diego won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 43% (6/14) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the Canadian was not so effective in converting his break points (only 40% – 6/15). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Schwartzman and Shapovalov is 1-0 for Diego.
Highlights Diego Sebastian Schwartzman vs. Denis Shapovalov Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Draw and next match H2H: Diego Sebastian Schwartzman vs. Novak Djokovic – stats
Schwartzman will play Djokovic in the final.
This will be the 5th time that Diego Sebastian Schwartzman and Novak Djokovic play each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Djokovic won 6-3 6-4 6-4 in the 4th round in Melbourne back in January 2020.
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-4 5-7 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Casper RuudRuud (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (4-0) – H2H details and stats
