Denis Shapovalov surprises Miomir Kecmanovic 4-6 6-4 6-2 in the 3rd 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 3rd round in 2018. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
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
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 2nd 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 3rd 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 5th 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 4th 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 1st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Shapovalov clinched in the 10th 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 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). On the other side, Kecmanovic wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd 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 2nd 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 7th (2-5) game. Denis maintained his cool to break the Serbian in the 8th (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 1st (0-0 30-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th 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 7th 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