Denis Shapovalov and Roman Safiullin will face off in the semifinal of the the ATP Cup for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm on KEN ROSEWALL ARENA. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Shapovalov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Denis Shapovalov is the pick to win this match.
Denis Shapovalov -> 1.188
Roman Safiullin -> 5.3

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Prediction and head to head Denis Shapovalov vs. Roman Safiullin

There is no head to head record between Denis Shapovalov and Roman Safiullin since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Denis Shapovalov

Ranked no. 14, Denis reached the semifinal after beating Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6⁵ 4-6 6-3.

In the previous match, Shapovalov defeated Struff (7-6⁵ 4-6 6-3). During the match, Shapovalov scored 114 points vs Struff’s 104. Denis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 60 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shapovalov blasted 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Denis Shapovalov was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (60/85) of his 1st serve and 70% (19/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Denis broke Struff once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

Shapovalov has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (230-144). 1-1 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shapovalov has an overall97-62 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

Shapovalov has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Roman Safiullin

Ranked no. 167, Safiullin got to the semifinal after beating Arthur Rinderknech 2-6 7-5 6-3 and James Duckworth 7-6⁶ 6-4.

The Russian has an aggregate 2-1 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Safiullin has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shapovalov	Safiullin
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	3	5
Tot Games	32	52
Pts	114-104	193-176
Total Points	218	369
Winners	60	75
%Winners	53%	39%

Shapovalov played 1 match while Safiullin competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Denis Shapovalov surrendered 1 set, while Roman Safiullin lost 1 set. Shapovalov has played 2 set(s) less than Safiullin (3 vs 5). Therefore, Shapovalov played 20 games less than Safiullin. Denis scored 60 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Safiullin bagged 75 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shapovalov	Safiullin
Aces	9	14
Avg per match	9	7
1st in	85/112	109/184
%1st in	76%	59%
1st pts	60/85	75/109
%1st pts	71%	69%
2nd pts	19/27	38/75
%2nd pts	70%	51%

Shapovalov made 9 aces . Safiullin scored 14 aces (7 per match). Shapovalov won 71% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Safiullin won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shapovalov	Safiullin
Won	1	8
Converted	1/4	8/21
% Converted	25%	38%
Conceded	6	24
Saved	5	17
% Saved	83%	71%
Times Broken	1	7

Shapovalov broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Denis lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Roman broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Safiullin conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Shapovalov
	Round Robin Struff	Round Robin Evans	Total
Score	7-65 4-6 6-3	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	32	20	52
pts	114-104	–	114-104
Total points	218	0	218
Winners	60		60
%Winners	53%	0%	53%
SERVE
Aces	9	0	9
Double Faults	2		2
1st in	85/112	/	85/112
% 1st in	76%	0%	76%
1st pts	60/85	/	60/85
% 1st pts	71%	0%	71%
2nd pts	19/27	/	19/27
% 2nd pts	70%	0%	70%
Breaks
Won	1		1
Converted	1/4	/	1/4
Converted %	25%	0%	25%
Conceded	6		6
Saved	5/6	0/	5
Saved %	83%	–	42%
Times Broken	1		1

Safiullin
	Round Robin Sinner	Round Robin Duckworth	Round Robin Rinderknech	Total
Score	7-66 6-3	7-66 6-4	2-6 7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	22	23	29	74
pts	–	90-73	103-103	193-176
Total points	0	163	206	369
Winners		29	46	75
%Winners	0%	32%	45%	39%
SERVE
Aces	0	12	2	14
Double Faults		3	7	10
1st in	/	36/62	73/122	109/184
% 1st in	0%	58%	60%	59%
1st pts	/	29/36	46/73	75/109
% 1st pts	0%	81%	63%	69%
2nd pts	/	15/26	23/49	38/75
% 2nd pts	0%	58%	47%	51%
Breaks
Won		4	4	8
Converted	/	4/14	4/7	8/21
Converted %	0%	29%	57%	38%
Conceded		5	19	24
Saved	0/	2/5	15/19	17
Saved %	–	40%	79%	60%
Times Broken		3	4	7

Tennis Scores in ATP Cup

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• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-6⁶ 2-6 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings

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