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No not just old man Murray but a metal hip old man Murray!!! As it turns out spraying errors is not a good way to play tennisYikes. Lost to Old Man Murray.
Wonder who his next 1st round loss will be to.
No not just old man Murray but a metal hip old man Murray!!! As it turns out spraying errors is not a good way to play tennisYikes. Lost to Old Man Murray.
Wonder who his next 1st round loss will be to.
I said this on other threads too, but Shapo is still very very young. He needs time to develop.
Shap's mind is elsewhere, I think. Maybe he'll turn it around.If Tiafoe can be top 10 why can't shapo? Wtf????
His mind is always elsewere. He can't keep it together a whole match, plays top 10 tennis for a set and then just falls apart time after time. His own head doesn't allow him to close out matches, I strongly suspect he suffers from ADHD or some other mental issues...Shap's mind is elsewhere, I think. Maybe he'll turn it around.
I agree, and my profession centers around mental health issues and testing/teaching/treating those with bipolar disorder, Asperger's and autism, so I'm intimately familiar with these things. Only a physician can diagnose it, but when you've spent 25 years around them, you're hardly clueless.I strongly suspect he suffers from ADHD or some other mental issues...
It’s not been that long, give him time to mature.He's been on tour like 10 years.
Not giving Rune much respect eitherATP not giving Shapo much respect. From their website today:
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ATP not giving Shapo much respect. From their website today:
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TSN in Canada is carrying all Shapo/Felix & Fernandez matches. Shapos matches so far without commentary and today will probably be no different as he is scheduled at the same time as Murray.Can't find his matches on TV either. It's maddening. Yeah let's stick him on TC Plus so our viewers can see Zhang and Dolehide play...
TSN in Canada is carrying all Shapo/Felix & Fernandez matches. Shapos matches so far without commentary and today will probably be no different as he is scheduled at the same time as Murray.
Agreed, all too often the high-risk player looking good on the high-light reels is given too much talent credit. Not that Sinner isn‘t often there as well.
Shapo has a big hole in his game called return and is often too aggressive with his second serve.
Year | M | W | L | Win% | Set W-L | Set% | Game W-L | Game% | TB W-L | TB% | MS | Hld% | Brk% | A% | DF% | 1stIn | 1st% | 2nd% | SPW | RPW | TPW | DR | Best |
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2024 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33.3% | 12-18 | 40.0% | 153-148 | 50.8% | 0-6 | 0.0% | 12 | 84.9% | 19.5% | 13.5% | 8.0% | 58.1% | 77.8% | 47.9% | 65.3% | 35.8% | 49.8% | 1.03 | R16 (Montpellier) |
2023 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 50.0% | 39-38 | 50.6% | 382-373 | 50.6% | 4-4 | 50.0% | 26 | 80.2% | 21.1% | 9.8% | 9.0% | 56.4% | 74.5% | 50.0% | 63.8% | 36.2% | 49.9% | 1.00 | QF (Adelaide 1 |
Gauff may be getting good results, but I'd much rather watch Shapo's matches. Who wouldn't?Let's face it, |Shapo's last year or two don't merit him a lot of top level coverage.
Arnaldi is a decent, solid player. And Shapo's backhand is looking pretty good lately.Just when you think he might be slowly turning things around, he bombs out to some mug.
I'd rather watch Mackie McDonald-Raonic (the most boring match up I can think of) than any WTA borefest. As Pat Cash famously said, "women's tennis is just two sets of rubbish."Gauff may be getting good results, but I'd much rather watch Shapo's matches. Who wouldn't?
Well, then I'd say you are missing out. It's not all "rubbish." There are some good players with nice games to watch (Muchova comes to mind, and Parry lately), and couple of fun characters (like Putintseva and Ostapenko), and a few that are just beauty in motion as they play (Giorgi, Kalinskya, Martic...)I'd rather watch Mackie McDonald-Raonic (the most boring match up I can think of) than any WTA borefest. As Pat Cash famously said, "women's tennis is just two sets of rubbish."
Give Shap some more time- please.Just when you think he might be slowly turning things around, he bombs out to some mug.
He's just colorful, that's all.The guy is a mental midget.
Yesterday as he was walking off court he seemed to be going ago it with a fan. He made a gesture with two fingers that signify person has a small male private part.
Thanks!Thanks to Opencourt.ca (Stephanie Myles):
Definitely a high moment in his career.
Interesting, too, what Shap said about hitting with some current Juniors w/ 1HBHs and feeling pretty goodI had no idea he's working w James Blake.
Wimbledon- this year.will dennis ever win a major ?
Never give up hope. He plays beautifully on grass, it would be a dream if he could somehow win Wimbledon.will dennis ever win a major ?
Denis Shapovalov will more than likely soon be at a point where a return to the challenger circuit seems like a good choice. However, with his kamikaze approach to tennis matches success is not guaranteed for him even in challenger tournaments. His inability to learn from his losses is striking in someone with as much talent as he possesses.
The conditions for this match were brutal. 20-30 mph winds on clay and you could see that he was never comfortable. His effort level, concentration, and ability to adapt his game to the conditions were all pretty much pitiful. He's certainly not doing himself favors with regard to future wildcards and appearance fees. Getting beat in the first round at Houston does not bode well. Hope he's able to return to form, but right now he's headed in the other direction quickly. I agree that playing challengers could be really good for him at this stage...and Shapovalov is out to Giron 1R in straights at the US Claycourts. Clearly building on recent successes.
Gaaahhh.
It's really sobering to think that Shapo beat Rafa two years ago in Rome and is now losing first round in a 250 in Texas. So much talent and yet he's regressing.He's certainly not doing himself favors with regard to future wildcards and appearance fees. Getting beat in the first round at Houston does not bode well. Hope he's able to return to form, but right now he's headed in the other direction quickly. I agree that playing challengers could be really good for him at this stage.
Another wildcard for Denis Shapovalov, this time into next week's tournament in Bucharest, Romania, where, in a first-round match between two unseeded players, he will take on the very volatile Frenchman Corentin Moutet. The two left-handers have only met once before, in Estoril in 2021, when Moutet won a close three-set match.
I watched the second set and Denis was spraying his BH long constantly. He was also showing little rally tolerance and trying to hit winners off difficult balls. All of this point construction stuff should have been solved years ago.Bummer. C'mon Dennis, get it together man.
Zverev said on his on-court interview today, "historically I haven't liked playing Coric or Shapavolov. I've struggled against them both." Credit for his candor.In his next match the unseeded Canadian will take on Alexander Zverev, the no. 4 seed. The German currently leads their head-to-head 5-3.