Pablo Carreno Busta advanced to his second Grand Slam quarter-final on Sunday in New York as he ended Denis Shapovalov’s dream run with a 7-6(2), 7-6(4), 7-6(3) victory in the US Open fourth round. Carreno Busta is the fifth different Spaniard to reach the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows in the past five years - joining Rafael Nadal, Feliciano Lopez, David Ferrer and Tommy Robredo – and goes on to face either Lucas Pouille or Diego Schwartzman. Speaking to Darren Cahill in his on-court interview, Carreno Busta said, “It’s amazing. It was the first time I played singles on this court. Arthur Ashe is unbelievable. I cannot describe it. I tried to fight all the time, every point. You never know...
Watch highlights as Pablo Carreno Busta ends Denis Shapovalov's dream run in his fourth-round victory at the US Open. Highlights courtesy US Open. Visit usopen.org for more video. Highlights not available in USA. Photo: Getty Images
The Cinderella run for #NextGenATP star Denis Shapovalov continues. Competing in just his sixth tour-level main draw, the Canadian teen advanced to the Round of 16 at the US Open on Friday. Shapovalov is the youngest player to reach the US Open fourth round since Michael Chang in 1989 and youngest in a Grand Slam Round of 16 since Marat Safin at Roland Garros in 1998. He will seek his first major quarter-final when he faces Pablo Carreno Busta next, after advancing when Kyle Edmund retired due to injury at 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 1-0. Semi-finalist at the Coupe Rogers just three weeks ago, behind victories over Rafael Nadal and Juan Martin del Potro, the 18 year old is thriving once...
They spent their formative years on clay, sliding and grinding away on red dirt. But you could hardly call #NextGenATP American Jared Donaldson and Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta exclusively “dirtballers”. The two, despite their vast experience on clay, have found ways to excel on clay courts and hard courts, including Monday at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. Donaldson, 20, earned his third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 win of the past two weeks, upsetting 12th seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain 7-6(5), 6-3 to advance to the second round. Carreno Busta, playing in his second match since Roland Garros (due to an abdomen injury), also needed only two sets, moving on with a 6-3, 6-3 win against Italian...
ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot meets Pablo Carreno Busta, who is in the form of his career, but only decided to take tennis seriously when he was 16 years old.