Denis Shapovalov aces Royer in the 2nd round to play vs Sinner. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

Denis Shapovalov conquers Valentin Royer 7-6(6) 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3 in the 2^nd round in New York on Thursday. Shapovalov will face off with Jannik Sinner in the 3^rd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 36 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

The Canadian added to his prize money $ 83,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 237,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Canadian will add $ 163,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 400,000 in total.

Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs. Valentin Royer U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Shapovalov scored 155 points vs. the French player’s 145.

Shapovalov

The Canadian served pretty well to win 82% of the points (58/71) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 44% points (27/62) on his second serve. The Canadian blasted 29 aces and he committed 15 double faults. Denis won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 43% (6/14) of the procured opportunities.

Royer

On the other side, Royer was battling in converting his break points (only 38% – 5/13). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Shapovalov and Royer is 1-0 for Denis.

Draw and next match H2H: Denis Shapovalov vs. Jannik Sinner – stats

Shapovalov will fight against Sinner in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Denis Shapovalov and Jannik Sinner face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Live score progression and stats

Shapovalov won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5^th (2-3) and in the 11^th (5-6) game, The Canadian broke back in the 10^th (5-5) and in the 12^th (6-6) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 8-6.

The Canadian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-5 to be broken at 30.

Tiebreak

Denis won 3 minibreaks in the 7^th (4-3), 10^th (5-5) and 14^th (8-6) point. On the other side, Royer won 2 minibreaks in the 8^th (4-4) and 9^th (5-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Shapovalov converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 10^th (4-5 30-40) and the 12^th game (5-6 15-40 and 30-40). Shapovalov saved 2 set points when he was 4-5 and 5-6 down. On the other side, Valentin was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5^th (2-2 0-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 30-40).

They contested 78 points. This set was so close that, Denis won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Shapovalov dropped 15 points on serve (25-15). on the other side of the court, Valentin conceded 14 points on serve (24-14).

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Valentin snatched in the 6^th game (4-2) before finally winning the set (6-3).

Royer was perfect in converting all his break points in the 6^th game (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Valentin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 61 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Royer won just 3 points more than Denis (32-29). Royer conceded 15 points on serve (26-15). on the other side of the net, Denis conceded 6 points on serve (14-6).

Shapovalov had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Valentin Royer in the 1^st game (1-0). However, Shapovalov managed to stage a great comeback to break Valentin in the 2^nd (1-1) and in the 6^th (3-3) game before winning the set at the breaker at 4.

Tiebreak

The Canadian won 2 minibreaks in the 3^rd (2-1) and 11^th (7-4) point.

Denis won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4

Denis converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4^th (1-2 40-A), the 6^th (2-3 15-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the French player converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3^rd game (1-1 0-40).

They contested 88 points. This set was so close that, Shapovalov won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Denis dropped 15 points on serve (23-15). In addition, on the other side, the French player conceded 21 points on serve (29-21).

The Canadian won the set after he broke the French player in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

Royer couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.

The Canadian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5^th (2-2 40-A), the 6^th (3-3 0-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Royer was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4^th game (2-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 73 points. The Canadian was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Valentin (42-31). The Canadian conceded 12 points on serve (24-12). On the other side, the French player conceded 18 points on serve (19-18).

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