Marcos Giron hustles Denis Shapovalov 6-3 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Monday. Giron will face off with Jack Draper in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2022 and 2024. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Marcos added to his prize money € 19,720 after winning this match. He has already won € 44,220 after this win. If he wins the next match, Marcos will add € 38,245 to his earnings to get in total € 82,465 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Giron scored 79 points vs. Denis’s 76.
Giron
Giron was great in converting all the break points (2/2).
Shapovalov
On the other side, Shapovalov had a tough time converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Giron and Shapovalov is 3-1 for Marcos.
Draw and next match H2H: Marcos Giron vs. Jack Draper – stats
Giron will fight against Draper in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Marcos Giron and Jack Draper fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Draper (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Giron overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Denis Shapovalov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was enough for Marcos to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
The American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40). On the other side, the Canadian was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (1-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 81 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 3 more points than Shapovalov (42-39). The American lost 22 points on serve (33-22). on the other side of the net, the Canadian conceded 9 points on serve (17-9).
The American won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Giron broke back in the 5th (2-3) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-5.
Tiebreak
Giron won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Denis won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd
(2-0) and 7th (3-4) point.This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
The American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (1-3 40-A). Giron saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. In addition on the other side, Denis was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th
game (2-1 15-40).They played 74 points. This set was so close that, The American won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Giron conceded 15 points on serve (26-15). On the other side, Denis conceded 11 points on serve (22-11).
Tennis Scores in Monte Carlo Rolex Masters
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-4 6-4)
- Marcos GironGiron – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 7-65)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Ben SheltonShelton (6-72 6-2 6-1)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-3 7-67)
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (7-65 6-3)
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (4-6 6-1 6-1)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-5 4-6 6-4)
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (1-6 7-5 7-5)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (4-6 7-5 6-3)
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-4 6-4)
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-2 6-1)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-3)
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-3 4-6 6-4)
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