TENNIS SCORES. Pouille overcomes Shapovalov in the 2nd round in Cincinnati

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - CINCINNATI. Pouille ousts Shapovalov to take on Karen Khachanov in the 3rd round

Prediction and head to head Lucas Pouille vs. Denis Shapovalov

Lucas Pouille Denis Shapovalov 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Wednesday. Pouille will engage against Karen Khachanov in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Pouille conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Shapovalov in the 1st game (1-0). That break was sufficient for the French Player to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.

2nd set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Lucas conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Lucas scored 66 points vs. the Canadian’s 58 points.

Pouille served extremely well to win 80% of the points (24/30) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (19/30) on his second serve. Pouille won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (2/6). On the other side, the Canadian wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Pouille and Shapovalov is 1-0 for Lucas.

Next Match: Lucas Pouille vs. Karen Khachanov – H2H and stats

Pouille will come up against Khachanov in the 3rd round.

This will be the 4th time that Lucas Pouille and Karen Khachanov face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), but Pouille has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Khachanov won 6-3 7-5 6-3 in the 3rd round in Paris back in 2018.