It was an evening of firsts for Denis Shapovalov on Friday in Paris. It was his first time enjoying underneath the lights on Court docket Philippe-Chatrier, his maiden third-round look at Roland-Garros, and his first encounter in opposition to World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz.
The night additionally ended along with his first loss to the proficient Spaniard by a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 rating which isn’t essentially indicative of how the match unfolded as most of the video games have been tightly contested.
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Alcaraz got here out able to make an enormous assertion to remainder of the boys’s subject and he did precisely that, successful the opening set in emphatic trend as he dictated the continuing from begin to end whereas making it troublesome for Shapovalov to get him on the defensive. The Canadian discovered one other gear at first of set two as his signature shotmaking got here to the forefront to assist him forge a 4-1 lead and construct a little bit confidence. Sadly, the enhance was short-lived as Alcaraz proceeded to reel off 5 consecutive video games and take a commanding two-set lead. The Spaniard’s domination continued within the remaining body as a discouraged Shapovalov was unable to supply up a lot resistance regardless of a valiant effort as Alcaraz booked his spot within the Spherical of 16.
Regardless of the loss and a hard knee, Shapovalov nonetheless posted the very best results of his profession at Roland-Garros and now he’s headed to the grass-court portion of the tennis calendar, a floor that he excels on.
Canadians Good in Doubles
Canada went undefeated in girls’s and blended doubles on Friday on the French Open with Bianca Andreescu, Gabriela Dabrowski, and Leylah Annie Fernandez all posting victories.
Andreescu, who will contest her third-round singles match on Saturday in opposition to Lesia Tsurenko, superior to spherical two in blended doubles alongside Michael Venus of New Zealand. The pair posted a 2-6, 6-1, 10-8 win over Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Kevin Krawietz. They are going to subsequent face Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Mate Pavic.
As for Dabrowski, she performed six units of tennis and gained two matches. In blended, she and American Nathaniel Lammons beat the French workforce of Chloe Paquet and Lucas Pouille 6-7(3), 6-2, 10-8. In girls’s doubles, the Ottawa native and Luisa Stefani, seeded eighth, erased a break deficit within the third set en path to a 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 conquer Dalma Galfi and Katarzyna Piter. Within the third spherical, they are going to face Fernandez and American Taylor Townsend who beat Ingrid Neel and Fang-Hsien Wu 6-2, 6-1 to maneuver on.
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