Ruthless Denis Shapovalov makes light work of Nishikori in the 2nd round to play vs De Minaur at the Mutua Madrid Open – MADRID RESULTS

MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. Shapovalov grounds Nishikori to fight against Alex De Minaur in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Denis Shapovalov routs Kei Nishikori 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Madrid on Saturday after playing an extraordinary match to play Alex De Minaur in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 4 minutes. His most significant achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

Shapovalov
Madrid
Shapovalov's Record

Shapovalov added to his prize money € 22,030 after conquering this match. He has already won € 52,925 after this win. If he wins the next match, Denis will add € 37,520 to his earnings to get in total € 90,445 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Shapovalov
Nishikori
Denis Shapovalov
6-1 6-4
1h:04
Kei Nishikori
55
55
Total points
36
36
25
25
Winners
17
17
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
0
0
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
60%
60%
1st in
61%
61%
83%
83%
1st won
68%
68%
25/30
25/30
1st won
17/25
17/25
65%
65%
2nd won
44%
44%
13/20
13/20
2nd won
7/16
7/16
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
0/1
0/1
50%
50%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 55 points vs. the Japanese’s 36.

Shapovalov

Denis served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (25/30) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (13/20) on his second serve. Denis was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).

Nishikori

On the other side, Nishikori wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Shapovalov and Nishikori is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Denis Shapovalov vs. Alex De Minaur – stats

Shapovalov will fight against De Minaur in the 3rd round.

This will be the 6th time that Denis Shapovalov and Alex De Minaur clash against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, De Minaur won 3-6 6-3 7-5 in the Rubber 1 in 2 back in 2019.

Denis Shapovalov Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Shapovalov HTML
ShapovalovNishikori
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S
0
0
N
0
0

Shapovalov overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Kei Nishikori in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Canadian managed to boost his lead after breaking Nishikori in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

Kei was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-1 to 6-1.

Shapovalov was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, Shapovalov didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 41 points. The Canadian was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Nishikori (25-16). Shapovalov surrendered 6 points on serve (17-6). In addition, on the other side, Nishikori conceded 8 points on serve (10-8).

2nd Set -
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Not
0
0
0
0

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Shapovalov snatched in the 7th game (4-3) before eventually conquering the set (6-4).

Denis converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 0-40). On the other side, Kei wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (4-5 30-40).

They contested 50 points. Shapovalov was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Kei (30-20). The Canadian surrendered 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the court, the Japanese conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).

1st
Shapovalov
Nishikori
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Shapovalov
Nishikori
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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