Watch #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov lace a massive backhand winner past compatriot Milos Raonic at the Mutua Madrid Open. Photo Credit: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Denis Shapovalov gives his immediate courtside thoughts on beating fellow Canadian Milos Raonic on Thursday at the Mutua Madrid Open. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Denis Shapovalov took a big career step on Thursday when he beat compatriot Milos Raonic, Canada’s No. 1 since 2010, in a first-time meeting at the Mutua Madrid Open for a place in the quarter-finals. It denied Raonic the 300th match win of his career. Shapovalov belied his 19 years, playing with great maturity to beat fellow big-server Raonic 6-4, 6-4 in 82 minutes. He is through to his second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final, nine months on from upsetting Rafael Nadal en route to the 2017 Rogers Cup semi-finals in Montreal. “[It was] definitely one of my best days on clay,” said Shapovalov. “To be on the court against such a legend for me, and for my country,...
Get ready for Milos Raonic and Denis Shapovalov's first ATP World Tour meeting, as Canada's top two players in the ATP Rankings collide at the Mutua Madrid Open. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
One year ago this week, #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov was in the midst of a seven-match losing streak on the ATP Challenger Tour. But on Sunday, the World No. 42 won his debut at the Mutua Madrid Open, an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event, ousting American Tennys Sandgren 6-1, 6-4 in 54 minutes. At this time last year, Shapovalov had just two tour-level victories in his young career. His win against Sandgren, the World No. 51, is his 24th since. He will next face No. 15 seed Lucas Pouille or another Frenchman, Benoit Paire. Speaking of Frenchmen, Richard Gasquet entered his first-round match in Madrid having lost six of his past seven FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings against No. 14...
