Denis Shapovalov wins against Ilya Ivashka 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Miami on Saturday. Shapovalov will square off with Hubert Hurkacz in the 3rd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 6 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Canadian added to his prize money $ 10,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 26,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Denis will add $ 14,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 40,000 in total.
Shapovalov was elated about the outcome. He commented:
“It was definitely super tough one against Ivashka. I think he played really well. [It is] never easy coming into a Masters [1000] where you have a bye, because the other player has already played a match, and obviously he was in top form. Overall just super happy to get through it.”
Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs. Ilya Ivashka Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Denis scored 114 points vs. Ivashka’s 107.
Shapovalov
The Canadian served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (44/58) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (26/44) on his second serve. Denis won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 23% (3/13) of the procured opportunities.
Ivashka
On the other side, Ilya was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Shapovalov and Ivashka is 3-0 for Denis.
Draw and next match H2H: Denis Shapovalov vs. Hubert Hurkacz – stats
Shapovalov will take on Hurkacz in the 3rd round.
This will be the 4th time that Denis Shapovalov and Hubert Hurkacz play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Hurkacz (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Shapovalov won 6-4 6-3 in the 3rd round in Dubai back in March 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Ilya won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Ivashka won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 8th (5-3) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Canadian won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (2-4), 7th (3-4) and 10th (5-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Ivashka was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Shapovalov was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40).
They played 83 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Ilya won barely 1 point more than Shapovalov (42-41). The Belarussian lost 13 points on serve (32-13). On the other side, Denis conceded 10 points on serve (28-10).
Shapovalov took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Hurkacz in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Shapovalov to win the set as the Belarussian found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Canadian kept his cool to break the Belarussian in the 3rd (2-1) game before conquering the set (6-4).
They played 70 points. Shapovalov won 8 points more than Ivashka (39-31). Denis surrendered 11 points on serve (20-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the Belarussian conceded 19 points on serve (20-19).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Canadian clinched in the 7th game (4-3) before finally conquering the set (6-4).
The Canadian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Belarussian was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd
(2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).They contested 68 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Shapovalov won just 2 points more than Ivashka (35-33). The Canadian conceded 10 points on serve (22-10). On the other side, Ilya conceded 13 points on serve (23-13).
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