
Denis Shapovalov prevails over Borna Coric 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Tokyo on Friday. Shapovalov will play Taylor Fritz in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. This run will match his best result in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Canadian added to his prize money $ 51,225 after winning this match. He has won already $ 104,745 up to now in this competition. If he wins the next match, the Canadian will add $ 91,795 to his earnings to get in total $ 196,540.
Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs. Borna Coric Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 59 points vs. Coric’s 45.
Shapovalov
The Canadian served very well to win 89% of the points (31/35) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 41% points (7/17) on his second serve. The Canadian was pretty effective at converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (3/4).
Coric
On the other side, The Croatian was fantastic in converting the only break point that he converted. Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Shapovalov and Coric is 1-2 for Borna.
Draw and next match H2H: Denis Shapovalov vs. Taylor Fritz – stats
Shapovalov will fight against Fritz in the semifinal.
This will be the 6th time that Denis Shapovalov and Taylor Fritz play each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Shapovalov won the set after he broke the Croatian in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Borna tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Nonetheless, Shapovalov kept the focus to conquer the set 6-4.
The Canadian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 5th (3-2 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, the Croatian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They played 52 points. This set was so close that, Denis won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Denis dropped 11 points on serve (18-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Coric conceded 8 points on serve (15-8).
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 4th game (3-1) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Denis converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Shapovalov didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 52 points. Shapovalov conquered the set after winning 14 more points than the Croatian (33-19). The Canadian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). In addition, on the other side, Coric conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Borna CoricCoric (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-0 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (w/o) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-4) – H2H details and stats





