Tag: Shapovalovs

Denis Shapovalov hit a wall named Rafael Nadal in his Australian Open quarter-final encounter, eventually losing in five sets 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 and 3-6, Monday night to Tuesday. The Canadian did not seem in the game in the first set, having been broken in the fourth game. He even seemed disoriented at the start of the second set, he who was first involved in a war of words with the referee of the match, before blaming his opponent for taking too long before serving. Nevertheless, the 14th racket in the world was able to raise his game a notch, without however managing to worry the Spaniard, who occupies the fifth position of the ATP. He was finally broken in the seventh game, which turned out to be decisive. The Canadian was warned to level the mark, but h...