Marin Cilic stuns Denis Shapovalov 7-5 7-6(3) in the quarter in Stuttgart on Friday. Cilic will clash against Jurij Rodionov in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 50 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Denis Shapovalov Mercedes Cup – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Cilic scored 85 points vs. the Canadian’s 75.
Cilic
Cilic served extremely well to win 87% of the points (34/39) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (16/29) on his second serve. The Croatian won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 22% (2/9) of the procured opportunities.
Shapovalov
On the other side, Denis was fantastic in converting the only break point that he converted. Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Cilic and Shapovalov is 2-3 for Denis.
Draw and next match H2H: Marin Cilic vs. Jurij Rodionov – stats
Cilic will fight against Rodionov in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Jurij Rodionov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Croatian conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Marin broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Marin converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Shapovalov was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).
They contested 74 points. The Croatian was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than the Canadian (41-33). The Croatian conceded 8 points on serve (22-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the Canadian conceded 19 points on serve (25-19).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, the Croatian won the tiebreak at 7-3.
Tiebreak
Marin won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 7th (4-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, the Canadian won a minibreak in the 5th (2-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
The Croatian was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Croatian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 86 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Marin won just 2 more points than the Canadian (44-42). Cilic surrendered 10 points on serve (29-10). In addition, on the other side, Shapovalov conceded 15 points on serve (32-15).
Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker (6-74 7-64 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (3-6 6-3 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-65 7-68) – Stats and score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-5 7-63) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Marin CilicCilic – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (0-0) – H2H details and stats