2023 Roland Garros R32: [1] Carlos Alcaraz Garfia vs Denis Viktorovich Shapovalov [26]

[SteffiGoat]

Shapo breaks again!

 

[Hitman]

LOL

Another break. Great FHDTL

 

[Tennis Fan States63]

Break chance again......surely not.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Great shot from shaps! He breaks again. Carlos level dropped a bit credit to Dennis for lifting his.

 

[nolefam_2024]

Back on serve. ‍

Fiasco

 

[SteffiGoat]

Poor drop shot but managed to win the point

 

[zuluzazu]

LOL nobody is playing well this tournament

 

[Hitman]

How did Shaps win that point?

 

[Krish0608]

Alcaraz will eventually overcome this one. But he's going down against Musetti. It's a bold take, but I truly believe that a zoned in Musetti is a better clay courter than Alcaraz.

 

[Tennis Fan States63]

Woah - great shot there for the break. Now what?

 

[Kralingen]

WOW SHAPO

Putting on an absolute show on Chatrier here

He has raised his level to the absolute maximum.

This is awesome stuff

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Thoughts on the Celtics choking to the 8 seed?

Lol don’t remind me plz. I been hard on the players as much as the crappy coaching staff. Talented team with low IQ and not mentally tough. Bunch of 3 point chuckers. Miami has overachieved the last couple of years in the playoffs. I will be shocked if they can go beyond 5 games against Denver.

 

[RF-18]

Shapo has incredible shotmaking ability. I knew he would make it tough for Carlitos

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Alcaraz will eventually overcome this one. But he's going down against Musetti. It's a bold take, but I truly believe that a zoned in Musetti is a better clay courter than Alcaraz.

He’s going down because his serve is crap. What has this guy been doing to improve his serve?

 

[tudwell]

I think Alcaraz’s biggest enemy here is the draw tbh. The way Musetti played today, and the way Alcaraz has these bizarre lulls, makes me think 4R is going to be a bit of a war for him and as much as Tsitsipas is a loser pigeon, I doubt that will be over in a quick 3 either

Yeah it’s a rough road. I definitely wouldn’t bet on him beating Novak in the semis at this point.

 

[Hitman]

The hitting from both right now is massive.

 

[zuluzazu]

Ok hand over the trophy to Novak already

 

[The Blond Blur]

WOW SHAPO

Putting on an absolute show on Chatrier here

He has raised his level to the absolute maximum.

This is awesome stuff

 

[Djokovic2011]

Have to say Shaps is a real pleasure to watch when he's striking the ball well. If only there was more consistency in his game, he'd be a helluva player.

 

[Hitman]

Beautiful wrong footing forehand from Shapo

4-1

 

[SteffiGoat]

Shapo consolidates the break! We might have a match

 

[Benf15harp]

I think I found Tiny’s problem. He’s not a full strength until the neck hair is fully grown out.
Should be there just in time for Novak next weekend. If he survives Dennis. Lmao

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Shaps backs up the break and 4-1 up. Great for the crowd and the viewers we have a match again.

 

[Kralingen]

2nd set Shapo or 2010 Nadal 10 match series at RG?

 

[Tennis Fan States63]

Shapo with a little mojo right now......maybe he's found his groove for this set.

 

[Krish0608]

Shaps stepped it up there. How long will this last though? My prediction is until Shapo has to serve for the set. He'll choke miserably then.

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

Have you ever heard the tragedy of Shapo the Foolish? It's not a story @Third Serve would tell you.

 

[TheNachoMan]

The Kralingen curse in full effect. It worked on Arsenal too.

 

[Hitman]

Hubie in trouble, down 2-1 after losing the tie break.

 

[TennisFan3]

What cracks me up is that people expect "this" Alcaraz to beat Novak. He would have been slaughtered with all his lapses and errors.

 

[RS]

2nd set Shapo or 2010 Nadal 10 match series at RG?

 

[Hitman]

Massive forehand!!! Alcaraz felt that one.

 

[Benf15harp]

Shapo vs Sonego and Altmaier vs Seyboth Wild in the semis.
Weak era my arse.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Shaps with a booming FH. That was sexy!

 

[RF-18]

Holy moly!

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Have to say Shaps is a real pleasure to watch when he's striking the ball well. If only there was more consistency in his game, he'd be a helluva player.

Problem with el shapo is that he throws a stinker usually in his next match.

 

[Kralingen]

Hubie in trouble, down 2-1 after losing the tie break.

That’ll be 6 consecutive five setters for him at Slams lol

 

[top10]

Looking at Shapo - so much talent…mostly wasted

 

[TennisFan3]

At this form, Alcaraz won't make it to the SF.

 

[TheNachoMan]

Looking at Shapo - so much talent…mostly wasted

My English teacher said the same about me too.

 

[zuluzazu]

What cracks me up is that people expect "this" Alcaraz to beat Novak. He would have been slaughtered with all his lapses and errors.

I mean Novak also had lapses

 

[UnforcedTerror]

Rocket from Shapo!!

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

The Kralingen curse in full effect. It worked on Arsenal too.

It always works for teams/people he doesn't like. Batting 1000. It's when he tries to reverse jinx for teams he likes it doesn't work. The sports gods know what he's doing. Also if he gambles his reverse jinxes also lose potency. Sports gods don't like that either.

 

[Kralingen]

The Kralingen curse in full effect. It worked on Arsenal too.

Honesty Carlos not done a lot wrong here. He got a bit comfortable. Shapo has raised his game to astonishing levels

Still the favorite don’t worry. Let’s wait for Denis to serve out the set first.

 

[TennisFan3]

I mean Novak also had lapses

Yeah, but he's lost ONE SET in a slam this year.
Novak's lapses are smaller at the slam level and usually NEVER costly.

 

[Third Serve]

Have you ever heard the tragedy of Shapo the Foolish? It's not a story @Third Serve would tell you.

It's a Sith legend. Luke Shapovalov was a Ballbasher of the ATP, so powerful yet so foolish he could use his groundstrokes to influence the midichlorians to create unforced errors… He had such a knowledge of unforced errors that he could even keep the shots he cared about from landing in. The knowledge of unforced errors is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was losing a match, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his opponent all his weaknesses, then his opponent defeated him in the third set. Ironic. He could save others from losing matches, but not himself.

 

[Benf15harp]

Shapo killing tiny smalls

 

[onyxrose81]

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[Hitman]

Sensational point, look at all that slicing. Alcaraz with a nice volley.

 

[Tennis Fan States63]

Good stuff from Alcaraz.