Shapo unleashes on the FO as “trash!”

[Deleted member 770948]

Denis is such a soft little nancy boy, typical loser personality of a career-underachiever.
His career is going in the trash....
Kyrgios and Denis should get married.

 

[Sudacafan]

Denis unloads on the balls, the scheduling and the security precautions at RG:

Absolutely awful’: Furious star unloads on ‘trash’ French Open

Canada’s Denis Shapovalov lost a five-hour epic at Roland Garros on Thursday before blasting the “trash” and “unacceptable” scheduling.

The highly-rated Canadian, who recently broke into the world top 10 for the first time, lost 7-5, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 3-6, 8-6 to Spain’s Roberto Carballes Baena, ranked a lowly 101.

Despite a draining second round clash, the 21-year-old Shapovalov fumed at organisers who had also scheduled him to play doubles with India’s Rohan Bopanna later in the day.

“Scheduling is absolutely awful. It’s just complete trash,” said Shapovalov who was hoping to make the third round in Paris for the first time just weeks after his best run at the majors, a quarter-final appearance in the US Open.

“It’s disappointing. I mean you’re in a Grand Slam and I don’t want to sound spoiled, but you expect at least some help from the tournament to help you compete.”

“How am I supposed to come out and play doubles now after a five-hour match? It’s a first round as well, they could have scheduled it way better, way easier, I mean it’s not acceptable.”

He ended the match having committed 106 unforced errors while coming to the net 103 times, a rare tactic on slow clay courts.

“It’s impossible to hit a winner with these balls, so I figured I might as well come to the net because I’m just not going to sit there and play a 10-hour match,” he said.

In Rome, I could hit big, I actually hit winners. Here it’s just like the ball’s not going anywhere. So it’s just annoying that you have to be in that situation because it shouldn’t be that heavy and that difficult.”

Shapovalov also aimed a broadside over the security at the players’ hotels in Paris which are intended to be bio-secure in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Players and their entourages are supposed to only leave the hotels to compete and practice.

“There is no bubble,” claimed Shapovalov. “You can leave the hotel, you can go to the city, there’s no problem, there’s nobody stopping you. New York (which operated a ‘bubble’ for the US Open) was done way better.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/couple...s/news-story/c9e789a2eb77b7062939e5755933af8a

Sore ass.

 

[Sudacafan]

I think the cool temperature was probably more a factor than the balls. I played most of last year on red clay in South America, in a hot climate. My regular opponents were better than me, and bigger hitters than me. The times that I beat them were usually when it got a lot colder, because it was much more favorable to play defensive or counterpunching style tennis.

Do you usually play in the Patagonia?

 

[Sudacafan]

Salient point from Shapo’s rant:

“It’s impossible to hit a winner with these balls, so I figured I might as well come to the net because I’m just not going to sit there and play a 10-hour match. In Rome, I could hit big, I actually hit winners. Here it’s just like the ball’s not going anywhere. So it’s just annoying that you have to be in that situation because it shouldn’t be that heavy and that difficult.”

The bubble is in his head. Resembling a fart.

 

[Dolgopolov85]

I think the point about the Wilson balls is valid and he wasn't the first to make it. The scheduling complaints are fair. I hear other players too say the lack of bubbles is concerning and I would agree.

But the thing he said about getting to net because he didn't want to be playing for 10 hours. THAT sounds like the stuff that marks you out as not going to be a great player. It was one thing for Sampras or Edberg to say such stuff because they gave everything to the second half of the tennis calendar. Shaps doesn't have much to show in conditions ostensibly more suitable for attacking tennis either. So it comes across like a nothing burger whining about nothing.

 

[travlerajm]

Do you usually play in the Patagonia?

I was in Asuncion. The locals are acclimated to very hot climate. When the temperature dips below room temperature during the winter, their bodies become sluggish and they play tennis in winter parkas. For me it was comfy.

 

[Sudacafan]

I was in Asuncion. The locals are acclimated to very hot climate. When the temperature dips below room temperature during the winter, their bodies become sluggish and they play tennis in winter parkas. For me it was comfy.

Asunción is an oven.
But they have some very cold isolated days in winter, with humidity.

 

[blablavla]

Salient point from Shapo’s rant:

“It’s impossible to hit a winner with these balls, so I figured I might as well come to the net because I’m just not going to sit there and play a 10-hour match. In Rome, I could hit big, I actually hit winners. Here it’s just like the ball’s not going anywhere. So it’s just annoying that you have to be in that situation because it shouldn’t be that heavy and that difficult.”

Nadal hits winners, even Djokovic hits winners, so no excuse to Denis.

 

[blablavla]

No wonder Djokovic says the heavy ball suits his game because he doesn't hit winners he just keeps the ball in play until his opponent makes an error.

and he doesn't play 10 hour matches.
go figure

 

[blablavla]

106 unforced errors. That's fantastic.

broke Novak's record as a teen.

 

[clayqueen]

and he doesn't play 10 hour matches.
go figure

 

[blablavla]

which one is Novak in this picture?

 

[clayqueen]

which one is Novak in this picture?

Take your pick.

 

[kaninfaan]

Because you can do what's right and some yahoo brings the virus back from the club to the hotel, it's all for naught. Problem with contagion is that it isn't always in your hands.

No. The problem is people not acting responsibly and blaming it on others.
You can only ever control your own actions.
Not doing what is right, because there's a probability others might be doing what is wrong, places the acting person in the group doing what's wrong.
This is true in all instances of life.

 

[Bender]

and he doesn't play 10 hour matches.
go figure

which one is Novak in this picture?

He's the "No. 18" behind them--if his fans are proven correct this RG.