Carlos Alcaraz victorious over Denis Shapovalov 6-2 6-4 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells on Monday. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes. The Spaniard won this tournament twice in 2023 and 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Spaniard added to his prize money $ 45,750 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 110,250 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alcaraz will add $ 91,750 to his earnings to get in total $ 202,000 in total.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Denis Shapovalov BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alcaraz scored 67 points vs. the Canadian’s 55.
Alcaraz
Alcaraz didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).
Shapovalov
On the other side, Denis was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Alcaraz and Shapovalov is 2-0 for Carlos.
Live score progression and stats
Alcaraz was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Denis Shapovalov in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. However, that was not enough for Alcaraz to win the set because Shapovalov succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (1-5) game.
The Spaniard failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 40.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Alcaraz won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
The Spaniard converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (4-0 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Denis converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 4th (0-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (0-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 73 points. Carlos conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Shapovalov (39-34). The Spaniard dropped 15 points on serve (20-15). In addition, on the other side, Shapovalov conceded 19 points on serve (19-19).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Alcaraz conquered in the 7th game (4-3) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
Alcaraz converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2
break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Carlos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.They contested 49 points. Carlos won 7 points more than Shapovalov (28-21). Alcaraz surrendered 7 points on serve (21-7). on the other side of the court, Denis conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).
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- Taylor FritzFritz – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (4-6 6-3 6-1)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-2 6-4)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-2 6-4)
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- Jack DraperDraper – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (7-5 6-4)
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- Arthur FilsFils – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (3-6 7-64 6-3)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 7-5)
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