Denis Shapovalov vanquishes Christopher O Connell 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Shanghai on Saturday after playing an impressive match to square off with Jiri Lehecka in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2019 and 2024. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Shanghai
Shapovalov's Record

Denis added to his prize money $ 25,140 after winning this match. He has already won $ 60,400 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shapovalov will add $ 42,825 to his earnings to get in total $ 103,225 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Shapovalov
Connell
6-3 6-2
1h:12
62
62
Total points
41
41
25
25
Winners
16
16
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
3
3
3
3
Double Faults
0
0
61%
61%
1st in
53%
53%
76%
76%
1st won
62%
62%
25/33
25/33
1st won
16/26
16/26
57%
57%
2nd won
35%
35%
12/21
12/21
2nd won
8/23
8/23
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
1/3
1/3
44%
44%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Shapovalov scored 62 points vs. O Connell’s 41.

Shapovalov

The Canadian served pretty well to win 76% of the points (25/33) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (12/21) on his second serve. Shapovalov struck 11 aces and he committed 3 double faults. The Canadian won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

O Connell

On the other side, Christopher was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Shapovalov and O Connell is 2-0 for Denis.

Draw and next match H2H: Denis Shapovalov vs. Jiri Lehecka – stats

Shapovalov will play Lehecka in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Denis Shapovalov and Jiri Lehecka play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Shapovalov and Lehecka (see full H2H stats

), but they have never played each other on hard.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Shapovalov 6-3
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3
15
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Denis won the set after he broke Christopher in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Christopher tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nevertheless, Denis managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 6-3.

Shapovalov converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40), the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Christopher converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 7th (2-4 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 63 points. Shapovalov conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Christopher (35-28). Shapovalov lost 13 points on serve (21-13). on the other side of the net, O Connell conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).

2nd Set -
Shapovalov 6-2
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2
15
0
15
15
30
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40
15
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2
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40
ShapovalovConnell
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Shapovalov in this set was much more effective than O Connell and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking O Connell in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Denis converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Denis didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 40 points. The Canadian won 14 more points than the Australian (27-13). Denis was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the other side, O Connell conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).

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

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