On February 9, local time, the 2025 ATP500 Dallas station decided the champion. In the Men's Singles final, Canada's Shapovalov defeated second seed Ruud 7-6(5), 6-3 to claim the highest level of his career. With 500 ranking points from his victory, Shapovalov jumped to No.32 in the world rankings and returned to the top 40.

The two sides have met twice before in the final, with Ruud winning them all of them. In the first set, both sides failed to break their opponent's serve in the first 12 games, and the match went into a tie-break, and Shapovalov's powerful serve gave him the initiative to take the lead 7-6(5). In this match, Shapovalov served a total of 13 aces, and the first-serve and second-serve scoring rates reached 72% and 65% respectively. In the second set, Shapovalov did not leave Ruud any more chances after a successful break in the second game, and finally won another set 6-3 to seal the victory.

In this tournament, Shapovalovlenk, four seeded players, defeated Fritz, Ruud and Paul, three TOP10 players, to win the championship strongly. "I think beating Taylor [Fritz] gave me a lot of confidence and really made me believe that I can beat these top players again. There's nothing to lose against the likes of Mahachi, Paul, Ruud, who are all ranked higher than me. I know I have what it takes to beat them, but I don't expect anything either, it's okay if I lose, I'll give it my all. ”

Shapovalov's path to victory

First round: 6-3/6-7(5)/6-3 Kecmanovic

Second round: 2-6/6-3/7-6(2) Fritz[1]

1/4 Finals: 7-6(5)/6-0 Mahachi[6]

Semi-finals: 7-5, 6-3 Paul [3]

Final: 7-6(5)/6-3 Ruud[2]

In Men's Doubles, local qualifiers Harrison/Evan King defeated Behar/Galloway 7-6(4), 7-6(4) to win the tournament.

(Text, editor: Dato, photo: Visual China)