
Denis Shapovalov stuns Taylor Fritz 2-6 6-3 7-6(2) in the 2nd round in Dallas on Thursday. Shapovalov will fight against Tomas Machac in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 3 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Denis added to his prize money $ 35,250 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 75,615 after this win. If he wins the next match, Denis will add $ 72,390 to his earnings to get in total $ 148,005 in total.
Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs. Taylor Fritz Dallas Open – Dallas
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Denis scored 93 points vs. the American’s 91.
Shapovalov
The Canadian served very well to win 75% of the points (45/60) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (23/42) on his second serve. The Canadian blasted 15 aces and he committed 7 double faults. Shapovalov was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (1/2).
Fritz
On the other side, the American was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 22% – 2/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Shapovalov and Fritz is 6-4 for Denis.
Draw and next match H2H: Denis Shapovalov vs. Tomas Machac – stats
Shapovalov will square off with Machac in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Denis Shapovalov and Tomas Machac since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Shapovalov started the set in the best possible way after breaking Taylor Fritz in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The American managed to boost his lead after breaking the Canadian in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
A defining moment of this set was when Fritz won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Fritz was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 2nd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Shapovalov wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (2-5 30-40).
They contested 61 points. Taylor conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Shapovalov (34-27). Taylor conceded 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the net, the Canadian conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).
Shapovalov overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Taylor Fritz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was enough for Shapovalov to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Shapovalov was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40). On the other side, Fritz was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 40-A and 40-A).
They played 57 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Canadian won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Taylor (28-29). Denis dropped 11 points on serve (19-11). On the other side, Taylor conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. the Canadian had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-2.
Tiebreak
Shapovalov won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0) and 9th (7-2) point.
Shapovalov won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 7-2
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Moreover, on the other side, Denis didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 66 points. Shapovalov conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Taylor (37-29). Denis dropped 6 points on serve (28-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Taylor conceded 9 points on serve (23-9).
Tennis Scores in Dallas
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- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Taylor FritzFritz (2-6 6-3 7-62)
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (3-6 6-4 6-3)
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-1 6-3)
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- Tomas MachacMachac – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 7-60)
Upcoming matches
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