Daniil Medvedev conquers Denis Shapovalov 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the final in Vienna on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 16 minutes. This is the first time that Daniil conquered this tournament. His best result in this tournament so far was reaching the quarter. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Daniil added € 184,465 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 399,320 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Denis Shapovalov Erste Bank Open – Vienna
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Daniil scored 97 points vs. Shapovalov’s 81.
Medvedev
The Russian won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Shapovalov
On the other side, Shapovalov was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Medvedev and Shapovalov is 4-2 for Daniil.
This was the 15th career title for the Russian. (see list of titles and finals). Shapovalov 5th remains with 1 title after he conquered the tournament in Stockholm 2019. (see list of titles and finals)
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Shapovalov won the set after he broke Daniil in the 3rd
(2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. Medvedev tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) game. Yet, Shapovalov stayed solid to conquer the set 6-4.A crucial moment of this set was when Denis won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-1 to 4-1.
Shapovalov was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Medvedev was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st
(0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (1-4 30-40).They played 65 points. The Canadian won 5 more points than the Russian (35-30). Denis surrendered 14 points on serve (22-14). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
The Russian won the set after he broke Denis in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. The Canadian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, Daniil maintained the focus to conquer the set 6-3.
They played 65 points. Medvedev was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Shapovalov (36-29). The Russian surrendered 19 points on serve (26-19). In addition, on the other side, Denis conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).
The Russian in this set was in much better shape than Shapovalov and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking the Canadian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Daniil won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to convert the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
The Russian converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 4th (3-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Medvedev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 48 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than the Canadian (31-17). The Russian dropped 6 points on serve (17-6). On the losing side, the Canadian conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).
Daniil Medvedev in Vienna |
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