Rinderknech stuns Shapovalov in the quarter. HIGHLIGHTS – DOHA RESULTS

    QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN - DOHA DRAW AND RESULTS. Rinderknech stuns Shapovalov to square off with Nikoloz Basilashvili in the semifinal

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Arthur Rinderknech vs. Denis Shapovalov

    Arthur Rinderknech stuns Denis Shapovalov 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Doha on Thursday. Rinderknech will clash against Nikoloz Basilashvili in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes.

    Rinderknech
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    Rinderknech's Record

    Highlights Arthur Rinderknech vs. Denis Shapovalov Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doha

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Rinderknech
    Shapovalov
    Arthur Rinderknech
    6-4 6-4
    1h:20
    Denis Shapovalov
    69
    69
    Total points
    60
    60
    25
    25
    Winners
    33
    33
    36%
    36%
    Ratio Winners
    55%
    55%
    -- Serve --
    1
    1
    Aces
    4
    4
    1
    1
    Double Faults
    9
    9
    63%
    63%
    1st in
    63%
    63%
    74%
    74%
    1st won
    70%
    70%
    25/34
    25/34
    1st won
    33/47
    33/47
    80%
    80%
    2nd won
    50%
    50%
    16/20
    16/20
    2nd won
    14/28
    14/28
    -- Break Points --
    2/10
    2/10
    Total
    0/3
    0/3
    20%
    20%
    Won
    0%
    0%
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    At the end of the match, Arthur scored 69 points vs. Denis’s 60.

    Rinderknech

    Rinderknech won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 20% (2/10) of the procured opportunities.

    Shapovalov

    On the other side, Shapovalov wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

    After this match, the head to head between Rinderknech and Shapovalov is 1-1.

    Draw and next match H2H: Arthur Rinderknech vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili – stats

    Rinderknech will face Basilashvili in the semifinal.

    This will be the 2nd time that Arthur Rinderknech and Nikoloz Basilashvili play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Basilashvili (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

    Arthur Rinderknech Draw info

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    Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Rinderknech conquered in the 7th game (4-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

    Denis surrendered the 7th game (4-3) when he was comfortably leading 40-0.

    Arthur was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (3-3 40-A). On the other side, the French player didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They contested 52 points. Arthur was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Denis (29-23). Arthur was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). on the other side of the court, Denis conceded 9 points on serve (19-9).

    Rinderknech had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Denis Shapovalov in the 1st game (1-0). That break was the key and it was sufficient for Rinderknech to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.

    Rinderknech converted 12% of his break points (1/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Denis was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

    They contested 75 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Arthur won just 3 more points than the Canadian (39-36). Rinderknech surrendered 9 points on serve (21-9). on the other side of the net, the Canadian conceded 18 points on serve (27-18).

     

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