Oscar Otte upsets Denis Shapovalov 7-6(6) 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Stuttgart on Thursday. Otte will fight against Benjamin Bonzi in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 38 minutes.
Highlights Oscar Otte vs. Denis Shapovalov Mercedes Cup – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:38
At the end of the match, Oscar scored 77 points vs. the Canadian’s 75.
Otte
Otte served pretty well to win 85% of the points (45/53) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (14/27) on his second serve. The German was great in converting the only break point that he conquered.
Shapovalov
On the other side, Shapovalov was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Otte and Shapovalov is 1-0 for Oscar.
Draw and next match H2H: Oscar Otte vs. Benjamin Bonzi – stats
Otte will square off with Bonzi in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Oscar Otte and Benjamin Bonzi fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Otte (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
Live score progression and stats
Oscar won the set after he broke Shapovalov in the 3rd (2-1) game. The Canadian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Yet, Otte didn’t lose the lead to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 6.
Tiebreak
The German won 2 minibreaks in the 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
The German was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40). Otte saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. On the other side, the Canadian converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40).
They contested 81 points. It’s worth to point out that, Otte won this set even if he scored less points 3 than the Canadian (39-42). Oscar lost 15 points on serve (31-15). In addition, on the other side, Shapovalov conceded 8 points on serve (27-8).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Oscar won the tiebreak at 7-4.
Tiebreak
The German won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Shapovalov won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3) and 5th (2-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Also, on the other side, Oscar didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 71 points. Oscar was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than the Canadian (38-33). Otte dropped 6 points on serve (27-6). In addition, on the other side, Shapovalov conceded 11 points on serve (27-11).
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- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-63 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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