Denis Shapovalov stuns Kecmanovic in the 3rd round to battle vs Shelton at the Citi Open. HIGHLIGHTS – WASHINGTON RESULTS

Denis Shapovalov surprises Miomir Kecmanovic 4-6 6-4 6-2 in the 3^rd round in Washington on Thursday. Shapovalov will play Ben Shelton in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 43 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 3^rd round in 2018. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Washington

Shapovalov's Record

The Canadian added to his prize money $ 25,185 after winning this match. He has already won $ 53,240 after this win. If he wins the next match, Denis will add $ 48,735 to his earnings to get in total $ 101,975 in total.

Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs. Miomir Kecmanovic Citi Open – Washington

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Shapovalov

Kecmanovic

4-6 6-4 6-2
1h:43

83

83

Total points

72

72

39

39

Winners

32

32

47%

47%

Ratio Winners

44%

44%

-- Serve --

8

8

Aces

1

1

7

7

Double Faults

0

0

62%

62%

1st in

64%

64%

81%

81%

1st won

64%

64%

39/48

39/48

1st won

32/50

32/50

52%

52%

2nd won

61%

61%

15/29

15/29

2nd won

17/28

17/28

-- Break Points --

4/7

4/7

Total

2/4

2/4

57%

57%

Won

50%

50%

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At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 83 points vs. the Serbian’s 72.

Shapovalov

Denis served very well to win 81% of the points (39/48) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (15/29) on his second serve. The Canadian was effective at converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).

Kecmanovic

On the other side, Miomir was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Shapovalov and Kecmanovic is 5-0 for Denis.

Draw and next match H2H: Denis Shapovalov vs. Ben Shelton – stats

Shapovalov will take on Shelton in the quarter.

This will be the 2^nd time that Denis Shapovalov and Ben Shelton face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Shelton won 6-7⁴ 6-2 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the 3^rd round in London back in July 2024.

Live score progression and stats

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Serbian clinched in the 5^th game (3-2) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).

Kecmanovic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4^th game (2-2 40-A). On the other side, the Serbian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Miomir won just 3 points more than the Canadian (30-27). Miomir was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). on the other side of the court, Denis conceded 10 points on serve (23-10).

Similarly to the 1^st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Shapovalov clinched in the 10^th game (6-4) before finally conquering the set (6-4).

The Canadian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.

Shapovalov converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10^th game (5-4 0-40). On the other side, Kecmanovic wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3^rd game (1-1 30-40).

They contested 58 points. Denis was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Kecmanovic (33-25). The Canadian conceded 7 points on serve (22-7). on the other side of the court, Miomir conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).

Shapovalov had a great start in this set after breaking Miomir Kecmanovic in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, that was not enough for Denis to win the set since the Serbian succeeded in breaking back in the 7^th (2-5) game. Denis maintained his cool to break the Serbian in the 8^th (6-2) game.

Shapovalov failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 15.

The Canadian converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 6^th (4-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8^th game (5-2 30-40). Also, on the other side, Miomir converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 7^th game (1-5 0-40 and 15-40).

They contested 40 points. Denis won 6 points more than the Serbian (23-17). Shapovalov surrendered 6 points on serve (9-6). On the other side, Miomir conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).

Tennis Scores in Washington

• Ben SheltonShelton – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-6⁵ 7-6⁴)
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-6³ 4-6 6-3)
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (7-5 6-4)
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-6 7-6⁰ 7-6⁷)
• Andrey RublevRublev – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-6⁴ 6-4)
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-7¹ 7-5 3-2 ret.)
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (4-6 6-4 6-2)
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (6-3 6-3)

Upcoming matches

• Andrey RublevRublev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-2) – H2H details and stats
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – (0-1) – H2H details and stats
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – (0-0) – H2H details and stats