Denis Shapovalov hustles Leo Borg 6-2 5-7 6-1 in the 2nd round in Stockholm on Wednesday. Shapovalov will square off with Jacob Fearnley or Elias Ymer in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 8 minutes. The Canadian won this tournament once in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs. Leo Borg BNP Paribas Nordic Open – Stockholm
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 104 points vs. Borg’s 78.
Shapovalov
The Canadian served very well to win 83% of the points (39/47) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 39%
points (12/31) on his second serve. The Canadian won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 39% (7/18) of the procured opportunities.Borg
On the other side, Borg was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Shapovalov and Borg is 1-0 for Denis.
Draw and next match H2H: Denis Shapovalov vs. Jacob Fearnley or Elias Ymer – stats
Shapovalov will come up against either Jacob Fearnley or Elias Ymer in the 3rd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Jacob Fearnley and 0-0 vs. Elias Ymer.
Live score progression and stats
Shapovalov had a strong start of this set after breaking Leo Borg in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more to do for the Canadian to win the set as Leo found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Canadian maintained his cool to break the Swede in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
One of the most important stints of the set was when Denis won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 1-1 to 5-1.
Denis converted 30% of his break points (3/10). He had 10 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Borg converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd game (0-1 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 65 points. The Canadian was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Borg (38-27). Denis dropped 11 points on serve (17-11). On the losing side, Borg conceded 21 points on serve (16-21).
Leo conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Leo broke back in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th game to win the set 7-5.
Leo failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.
Denis was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-5 to 7-5.
Leo was flawless in converting all his break points in the 9th (4-5 15-40) and the 12th
game (6-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Canadian was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-3 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).They played 73 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the Swede won barely 1 point more than Shapovalov (37-36). Borg lost 16 points on serve (27-16). In addition, on the other side, the Canadian conceded 10 points on serve (20-10).
Shapovalov won the set after he broke Leo 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
Borg was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Denis converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Borg wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (1-4 40-A).
They played 44 points. Denis was the winner of the set after clinching 16 points more than Leo (30-14). Shapovalov conceded 6 points on serve (14-6). on the other side of the court, the Swede conceded 16 points on serve (8-16).
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- Sebastian KordaKorda – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-4 4-6 7-5)
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Leo BorgBorg (6-2 5-7 6-1)
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