Stefanos Tsitsipas makes light work of Denis Shapovalov 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round in Barcelona on Thursday after playing a superlative match to deal with Alex De Minaur in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the final in 2018 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tsitsipas added to his prize money € 32,655 after winning this match. He has already won € 69,020 after this win. If he wins the next match, Stefanos will add € 63,170 to his earnings to get in total € 132,190 in total.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Denis Shapovalov Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Barcelona
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:17
At the end of the match, Tsitsipas scored 69 points vs. Denis’s 50.
Tsitsipas
Tsitsipas won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Shapovalov
On the other side, Shapovalov wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Shapovalov is 2-3 for Denis.
Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alex De Minaur – stats
Tsitsipas will come up against De Minaur in the quarter.
This will be the 12th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alex De Minaur square off. The head to head is 10-1 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Stefanos won the set after he broke Shapovalov in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Greek failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
Stefanos converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Tsitsipas didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 64 points. The Greek was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Denis (37-27). The Greek lost 8 points on serve (22-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Denis conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).
The Greek in this set was too strong for Denis and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Denis in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Canadian was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Stefanos converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, the Canadian was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 57 points. Tsitsipas won 9 more points than Shapovalov (33-24). The Greek lost 10 points on serve (18-10). On the other side, Denis conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
Tennis Scores in Barcelona
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- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-1 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (w/o) – Stats and score progression
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