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

[veelium]

These double faults are killing me inside, and I'm not even a shapo fan.

 

[Hitman]

Shaps must be a nightmare for his fans.

I only watch him for highlight reel points, that's it nowadays.

 

[Tennis Fan States63]

Oh Shapo.....where have you gone?

 

[onyxrose81]

Shapo is such a doofus.

 

[abmk]

Shapo loses 4 games in a row...
Alcaraz serving for the set now.

 

[Kralingen]

Implosion complete.

Another 5 straight games for Carlos

And this one is basically dusted.

 

[Mark-Touch]

Shapo was up 4-1 in the 2nd, now down 4-5. LOL!

 

[BeatlesFan]

Oh Shapo.....where have you gone?

He's been this way for years, it's nothing new. He actually wisely tried to dial down the speed of his wild groundstrokes in the second set. It worked for awhile but it's not his comfort zone to think maturely or construct points with any consistency.

Carlos is so much wiser out there, despite his youth. And he's simply the much better player.

 

[Hitman]

What a forehand for 30-0

 

[robyrolfo]

The touch on that put away shot. God DAMN!

Woah, relax. That was a standard ATP volley. I've seen about 10 of those today. He's good, but people need to stop exaggerating some normal things he does.

 

[mehdimike]

oooof that FH by Carlos!

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

I only watch him for highlight reel points, that's it nowadays.

Yeah he must be infuriating. As he can hit amazing shots and hit a high level but it never lasts long and then he goes back to being an unforced machine sadly.

 

[mehdimike]

What is Carlos doing?! Federer Touch that was!

 

[abmk]

woah, that was heavy high bouncing fh from Alcaraz to force the error

 

[Hitman]

He's been this way for years, it's nothing new. He actually wisely tried to dial down the speed of his wild groundstrokes in the second set. It worked for awhile but it's not his comfort zone to think maturely or construct points with any consistency.

Carlos is so much wiser out there, despite his youth. And he's simply the much better player.

He cannot help but just go all out all the time, he deserves to lose every time. He has all the shots in the book, but not a single functioning brain cell that has the battery power needed to work for more than 20 minutes.

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

He thinks he's Shapovalov. The problem for him is that he actually is.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Implosion complete.

Another 5 straight games for Carlos

And this one is basically dusted.

 

[Tennis Fan States63]

Five straight games for Carlos Alcaraz, and he slams the door on the second set......looking good to get to Musetti in the 4th round.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

2 sets up up! All over. Alcaraz killed off shaps mini revival.

 

[Hitman]

2 sets up up! All over. Alcaraz killed off shaps mini revival.

Shapo did it mostly himself to be fair.

 

[Spin Diesel]

Yeah he must be infuriating. As he can hit amazing shots and hit a high level but it never lasts long and then he goes back to being an unforced machine sadly.

I‘m pretty sure a lot of other players could hit the same crazy shots, at the same amount of UEs

 

[Kralingen]

For me, that was the most impressive set he’d played all tournament. Sure, the 6-0, 6-1, 6-2 demolition jobs are fun, but when your back is against the wall, your opponent in the zone, that’s when champions are made. From 4-1 down he was virtually flawless and destroyed Shapo in all aspects of the game.

The kid is just oozing with confidence.

Good luck trying to beat him for 3 of those.

 

[Tennis Fan States63]

2 sets up up! All over. Alcaraz killed off shaps mini revival.

Lasted all of about five minutes, or three double-faults' worth.

 

[Mark-Touch]

What a forehand for 30-0

I only watch him for highlight reel points, that's it nowadays.

Wait, the highlight reel points haven't come out yet!

 

[NatF]

Shapo is just such a mediocre player really.

 

[NoleFam]

Shapo has really regressed in the last year.

 

[initialize]

Random question but is the Babolat Pure Aero VS / 98 even a good racket? I don't hear much about it from rec players but it seems a lot of pros use it

 

[Krish0608]

For me, that was the most impressive set he’d played all tournament. Sure, the 6-0, 6-1, 6-2 demolition jobs are fun, but when your back is against the wall, your opponent in the zone, that’s when champions are made. From 4-1 down he was virtually flawless and destroyed Shapo in all aspects of the game.

The kid is just oozing with confidence.

Good luck trying to beat him for 3 of those.

Moose is going to get it done.

 

[MichaelNadal]

For me, that was the most impressive set he’d played all tournament. Sure, the 6-0, 6-1, 6-2 demolition jobs are fun, but when your back is against the wall, your opponent in the zone, that’s when champions are made. From 4-1 down he was virtually flawless and destroyed Shapo in all aspects of the game.

The kid is just oozing with confidence.

Good luck trying to beat him for 3 of those.

 

[Nadal15thslam]

Moose is going to get it done.

Musetti is another Gasquet, when will people understand this? He hits short most of the time, loopy and doesn't take risks.

 

[TennisFan3]

Do the streams of this match have no commentary at all? It's a little strange.

 

[Hitman]

Seriously, WTF with these DF Shapo, have you no concept of how to serve. This is just stupid.

 

[Kralingen]

Is it me or has Shapo double faulted his way into literally every break so far?

That’s 5 times where a double fault either brought up BP or was the actual BP by my count

 

[FeroBango]

For me, that was the most impressive set he’d played all tournament. Sure, the 6-0, 6-1, 6-2 demolition jobs are fun, but when your back is against the wall, your opponent in the zone, that’s when champions are made. From 4-1 down he was virtually flawless and destroyed Shapo in all aspects of the game.

The kid is just oozing with confidence.

Good luck trying to beat him for 3 of those.

Especially impressed with those ridiculous topspin groundies. Thought I was watching Rafa himself for a while.

 

[Kralingen]

That gif is epic LOL

 

[BeatlesFan]

Second time this match Denis served three DF's in one service game.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Shapo did it mostly himself to be fair.

True! Haha

 

[ibbi]

Woah, relax. That was a standard ATP volley. I've seen about 10 of those today. He's good, but people need to stop exaggerating some normal things he does.

The shot was standard, the awkward position he came from to hit it that sweetly was not.

 

[The Blond Blur]

Random question but is the Babolat Pure Aero VS / 98 even a good racket? I don't hear much about it from rec players but it seems a lot of pros use it

It will make you play like Tiny Carl or FAA. So maybe.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Alcaraz to feed shaps a Bagel or breadstick last set?

 

[MichaelNadal]

Im just following the score but happy Alcaraz won that second set. He was down 1-4 when I started looking

 

[Hitman]

Brutal forehand from Carlos.

 

[Hitman]

Shapo letting his coach know his brain is dead.

 

[tudwell]

Does Shapo win any more games from here?

 

[Hood_Man]

Here comes the bagel Alcaraz teased us with earlier.

 

[Hitman]

I think Carlos just wants off this court now as quickly as possible.

 

[Tennis Fan States63]

Smart play from Alcaraz - he has that innate ability to read a game better than most of the other young players. Still has things to improve upon, but he is going to be tough to knock out.

 

[BeatlesFan]

I think Carlos just wants off this court now as quickly as possible.

No excuse for 10 double faults.

 

[jl809]

On the note of terribly mentally weak players, the point-by-point for the only Shapovalov - ADF match so far makes for hilarious reading

DAV 1-2 SHA | Alejandro Davidovich Fokina - Denis Shapovalov

www.flashscore.co.uk

 

[Hitman]

No excuse for 10 double faults.

It's just sad. Even Carlos is looking at this hot mess and wondering what is going on?