Lloyd Harris surprises Denis Shapovalov 6-7(5) 6-4 7-6(6) in the semifinal in Dubai on Friday. Harris will seek to keep on going in this event against Aslan Karatsev in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 41 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2020.
The South African added to his prize money $ 31,820 after winning this match. He has won already $ 110,530 after this win. If he wins the next match, the South African will add $ 38,960 to his earnings to get in total $ 149,490 in total.
Harris was pleased about the result. He commented:
“This week, I have really found my game. I have found the way I want to be playing. There are still some tweaks I want to and a lot of things to improve still, so I am looking forward to the work that lies ahead after a tournament like this. That is really exciting for me. I still want to improve on so many things and do it better, even though I am playing exceptional tennis.”
Highlights Lloyd Harris vs. Denis Shapovalov Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:41
At the end of the match, Harris scored 112 points vs. Shapovalov’s 101.
Harris
The South African served very well to win 80% of the points (57/71) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (18/34) on his second serve. Harris fired 12 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Lloyd didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (2/3).
Shapovalov
On the other side, the Canadian was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Harris and Shapovalov is 1-0 for Lloyd.
Draw and next match H2H: Lloyd Harris vs. Aslan Karatsev – stats
Harris will come up against Karatsev in the final.
There is no head to head record between Lloyd Harris and Aslan Karatsev since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Shapovalov won the breaker at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Denis won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 6th (3-3), 9th (4-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Harris won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 4th (3-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
The Canadian surrendered 11 points on serve (28-11). In addition, on the other side, Harris conceded 13 points on serve (26-13).
Harris won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The South African broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to win the set 6-4.
Shapovalov was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.
They contested 58 points. Harris conquered the set after winning 10 more points than Shapovalov (34-24). The South African conceded 9 points on serve (21-9). On the other side, Denis conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Harris won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.
Tiebreak
Lloyd won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 11th (6-5) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Denis won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 12th (6-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Furthermore, on the other side, Lloyd didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 76 points. Harris was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than the Canadian (41-35). The South African lost 7 points on serve (30-7). On the losing side, Denis conceded 11 points on serve (28-11).
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-75 6-4 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Andrey RublevRublev (6-2 4-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
