Cilic surprises Shapovalov in the quarter of the Mercedes Cup. HIGHLIGHTS – STUTTGART RESULTS

MERCEDES CUP - STUTTGART DRAW AND RESULTS. Cilic shocks Shapovalov to face Jurij Rodionov in the semifinal

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Denis Shapovalov

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.

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Cilic's Record

Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Denis Shapovalov Mercedes Cup – Stuttgart

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Cilic
Shapovalov
Marin Cilic
7-5 7-63
1h:50
Denis Shapovalov
85
85
Total points
75
75
34
34
Winners
39
39
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
6
6
3
3
Double Faults
7
7
57%
57%
1st in
57%
57%
87%
87%
1st won
75%
75%
34/39
34/39
1st won
39/52
39/52
55%
55%
2nd won
45%
45%
16/29
16/29
2nd won
18/40
18/40
-- Break Points --
2/9
2/9
Total
1/1
1/1
22%
22%
Won
100%
100%
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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.

Marin Cilic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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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).

2nd Set -
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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).

 

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