Aleksandar Vukic stuns Ruud in the 2nd round to set up a clash vs Machac at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. HIGHLIGHTS – SHANGHAI RESULTS

SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS - SHANGHAI DRAW AND RESULTS. Vukic shocks Ruud to play Tomas Machac in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Aleksandar Vukic shocks Casper Ruud 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Shanghai on Friday. Vukic will fight against Tomas Machac in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Vukic
Shanghai
Vukic's Record

Aleksandar added to his prize money $ 24,600 after winning this match. He has already won $ 59,100 after this win. If he wins the next match, Aleksandar will add $ 41,900 to his earnings to get in total $ 101,000 in total.

Highlights Aleksandar Vukic vs. Casper Ruud Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Vukic
Ruud
Aleksandar Vukic
6-4 6-4
1h:18
Casper Ruud
61
61
Total points
50
50
34
34
Winners
31
31
56%
56%
Ratio Winners
62%
62%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
5
5
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
73%
73%
1st in
73%
73%
85%
85%
1st won
76%
76%
34/40
34/40
1st won
31/41
31/41
60%
60%
2nd won
47%
47%
9/15
9/15
2nd won
7/15
7/15
-- Break Points --
2/2
2/2
Total
0/3
0/3
100%
100%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Australian scored 61 points vs. Ruud’s 50.

Vukic

The Australian served pretty well to win 85% of the points (34/40) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (9/15) on his second serve. Aleksandar was remarkable in converting all the break points (2/2).

Ruud

On the other side, Casper wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Vukic and Ruud is 1-0 for Aleksandar.

Draw and next match H2H: Aleksandar Vukic vs. Tomas Machac – stats

Vukic will take on Machac in the 3rd round.

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

Aleksandar Vukic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Vukic 6-4
VukicRuud
6
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
VukicRuud
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
VukicRuud
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
VukicRuud
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
VukicRuud
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
VukicRuud
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
VukicRuud
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
VukicRuud
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
VukicRuud
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
VukicRuud
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
VukicRuud
0
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Australian grabbed in the 7th game (4-3) before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).

The Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 59 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Aleksandar won just 3 more points than Casper (31-28). The Australian lost 6 points on serve (21-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the Norwegian conceded 10 points on serve (22-10).

2nd Set -
Vukic 6-4
VukicRuud
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
VukicRuud
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
VukicRuud
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
VukicRuud
4
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
VukicRuud
4
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
VukicRuud
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
VukicRuud
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
VukicRuud
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
VukicRuud
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0

Similarly to the 1st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Australian grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) before eventually conquering the set (6-4).

Vukic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40). On the other side, Ruud was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 52 points. The Australian won 8 points more than Ruud (30-22). The Australian surrendered 6 points on serve (22-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Ruud conceded 8 points on serve (16-8).

1st
Vukic
Ruud
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Vukic
Ruud
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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