Denis Shapovalov downs Grigor Dimitrov 7-6(4) 6-3 in the 1st round in Cincinnati on Monday. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the 3rd round in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
Denis added to his prize money $ 20,205 after winning this match. He has won already $ 45,315 after this win. If he wins the next match, Denis will add $ 39,195 to his earnings to get in total $ 84,510 in total.
Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs. Grigor Dimitrov Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Shapovalov scored 71 points vs. Dimitrov’s 60.
Shapovalov
Denis served extremely well to win 87% of the points (41/47) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (12/23) on his second serve. The Canadian blasted 10 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Shapovalov was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (1/2).
Dimitrov
On the other side, Dimitrov wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Shapovalov and Dimitrov is 2-2.
Live score progression and stats
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Denis won the tiebreak at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Denis won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Bulgarian won a minibreak in the 2nd (2-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Denis wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (4-4 40-A). On the other side, Dimitrov was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 85 points. Shapovalov conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Dimitrov (45-40). The Canadian lost 10 points on serve (31-10). In addition, on the other side, the Bulgarian conceded 14 points on serve (30-14).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Canadian grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
The Canadian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Denis didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 46 points. Shapovalov won 6 more points than Dimitrov (26-20). Shapovalov surrendered 7 points on serve (22-7). On the other side, Grigor conceded 4 points on serve (13-4).
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