Daniel Altmaier topples Denis Shapovalov 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Tokyo on Wednesday. Altmaier will fight against Aleksandar Vukic in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
The German added to his prize money $ 15,195 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 32,560 after this win. If he wins the next match, the German will add $ 28,440 to his earnings to get in total $ 61,000 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Altmaier scored 70 points vs. Denis’s 61.
Altmaier
The German didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8).
Shapovalov
On the other side, Shapovalov was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Altmaier and Shapovalov is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Daniel Altmaier vs. Aleksandar Vukic – stats
Altmaier will compete against Vukic in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Daniel Altmaier and Aleksandar Vukic clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1
for Altmaier and Vukic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.Live score progression and stats
Daniel conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 8th (3-5) game, Daniel broke back in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game to win the set 7-5.
The Canadian was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 3-5 to 7-5.
Daniel converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (3-5 30-40), the 11th (5-5 30-40) and the 13th game (7-4 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Denis converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 87 points. Daniel won 5 points more than the Canadian (46-41). The German conceded 15 points on serve (26-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Shapovalov conceded 20 points on serve (26-20).
Altmaier started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Denis Shapovalov in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was enough for the German to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Altmaier was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Daniel didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 44 points. Daniel was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Denis (24-20). Daniel lost 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the net, Shapovalov conceded 8 points on serve (15-8).
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
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- Taylor FritzFritz – Gabriel DialloDiallo (4-6 6-3 7-63)
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-69 6-3)
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-4 3-6 6-3)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-76 7-64 6-2)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-4 6-2)
- Zizou BergsBergs – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-6 7-62 7-64)
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-64 6-3)
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-5 6-2)
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 7-64)
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Marcos GironGiron (4-6 6-3 7-64)
- Holger RuneRune – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (7-67 6-1)
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (2-6 6-4 6-1)
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-5 6-3)
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 6-2)
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (3-6 6-1 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (5-3) – H2H details and stats
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Zizou BergsBergs (0-0) – H2H details and stats