Gilles Simon shocks Denis Shapovalov 6-1 4-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in Cologne on Thursday. Simon will seek to keep on going in this event against Jannik Sinner in the quarter.
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the French player was too strong to concede just 1 game before breaking the Canadian 3 times and wrap up the set 6-1.
Shapovalov lost the 7th game (6-1) when he was 40-0 up. The Canadian was completely knocked out in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.
Gilles converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 0th (-1-1 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Canadian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40).
They played 50 points. Simon was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than the Canadian (32-18). Simon conceded 5 points on serve (14-5). on the other side of the court, Shapovalov conceded 18 points on serve (13-18).
Denis won the set after he broke Gilles in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (3-2) game. Simon tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Nonetheless, the Canadian refused to give way to conquer the set 6-4.
Shapovalov converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the French player converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They played 67 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Shapovalov won just 3 more points than the French player (35-32). Denis conceded 13 points on serve (20-13). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).
Simon had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Shapovalov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Gilles to win the set because the Canadian found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. Gilles kept his focus to break the Canadian in the 8th (6-2) game.
A defining moment of this set was when the French player won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Simon converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). In addition on the other side, Denis converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 5th game (0-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 47 points. the French player conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Denis (29-18). Simon surrendered 7 points on serve (14-7). on the other side of the net, Denis conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).
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At the end of the match, the French player scored 93 points vs. Shapovalov’s 71.
Gilles didn’t lose the focus when converting 54% of the break points that he conquered (7/13). On the other side, Shapovalov was not so effective in converting his break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Simon and Shapovalov is 1-2 for Denis.
Highlights Gilles Simon vs. Denis Shapovalov bett1HULKS Championships – Cologne
Draw and next match H2H: Gilles Simon vs. Jannik Sinner – stats
Simon will square off with Sinner in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Gilles Simon and Jannik Sinner since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Cologne
- Gilles SimonSimon – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-1 4-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Oscar OtteOtte (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (2-6 6-3 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – John MillmanMillman (6-0 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Steve JohnsonJohnson (7-63 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (4-6 7-62 7-64) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Gilles SimonSimon – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-1) – H2H details and stats
