Vesely shocks Shapovalov in the semifinal. HIGHLIGHTS – DUBAI RESULTS

    DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS - DUBAI DRAW AND RESULTS. Vesely surprises Shapovalov to fight against Andrey Rublev in the final

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Jiri Vesely vs. Denis Shapovalov

    Jiri Vesely upsets Denis Shapovalov 6-7(7) 7-6(2) 7-6(3) in the semifinal in Dubai on Friday. Vesely will have to play Andrey Rublev in the final. The epic lasted 3 hours and 12 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2016, 2017 and 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

    Vesely
    Dubai
    Vesely's Record

    Jiri added to his prize money $ 132,430 after winning this match. He has won already $ 282,300 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Czech will add $ 241,440 to his earnings to get in total $ 523,740 in total.

    Highlights Jiri Vesely vs. Denis Shapovalov Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Vesely
    Shapovalov
    Jiri Vesely
    6-77 7-62 7-63
    3h:12
    Denis Shapovalov
    124
    124
    Total points
    115
    115
    63
    63
    Winners
    60
    60
    51%
    51%
    Ratio Winners
    52%
    52%
    -- Serve --
    19
    19
    Aces
    7
    7
    7
    7
    Double Faults
    14
    14
    65%
    65%
    1st in
    63%
    63%
    82%
    82%
    1st won
    79%
    79%
    63/77
    63/77
    1st won
    60/76
    60/76
    50%
    50%
    2nd won
    45%
    45%
    21/42
    21/42
    2nd won
    20/44
    20/44
    -- Break Points --
    2/9
    2/9
    Total
    2/4
    2/4
    22%
    22%
    Won
    50%
    50%
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    At the end of the match, Jiri scored 124 points vs. the Canadian’s 115.

    Vesely

    Jiri served pretty well to win 82% of the points (63/77) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (21/42) on his second serve. Jiri struck 19 aces and he committed 7 double faults. Jiri won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 22% (2/9) of the procured opportunities.

    Shapovalov

    On the other side, the Canadian was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

    After this encounter, the head to head between Vesely and Shapovalov is 1-0 for Jiri.

    Draw and next match H2H: Jiri Vesely vs. Andrey Rublev – stats

    Vesely will square off with Rublev in the final.

    There is no head to head record between Jiri Vesely and Andrey Rublev since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

    Jiri Vesely Draw info

    Live score progression and stats

    Vesely had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Denis Shapovalov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Denis was not done to come back to break Jiri in the 5th (2-3) game before winning the set at the breaker at 7.

    Tiebreak

    Shapovalov won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4), 12th (6-6) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Jiri won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 6th (3-3), 10th (5-5) and 14th (7-7) point.

    This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7

    Denis was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (1-3 30-40). Shapovalov saved 1 set point when he was trailing 6-7. On the other side, Vesely was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (3-1 0-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40).

    They contested 82 points. This set was so close that, Shapovalov won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Shapovalov dropped 13 points on serve (28-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Vesely conceded 13 points on serve (28-13).

    Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. the Czech had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-2.

    Tiebreak

    The Czech won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 8th (6-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Denis won a minibreak in the 7th (2-5) point.

    Vesely won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.

    This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2

    Vesely wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40). On the other side, the Czech didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They contested 75 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Czech won just 3 points more than the Canadian (39-36). Vesely surrendered 10 points on serve (27-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the Canadian conceded 12 points on serve (26-12).

    Jiri clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 9th (4-5) game, The Czech broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-3.

    Jiri wasted a good opportunity to break Shapovalov in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

    Tiebreak

    Jiri won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 10th (7-3) point.

    Jiri won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.

    This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3

    They contested 80 points. Jiri was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Shapovalov (43-37). Vesely surrendered 10 points on serve (29-10). On the losing side, the Canadian conceded 14 points on serve (27-14).

     

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