The Shape Of Things To Come: Denis Shapovalov!

yep....Denis looking a little bit shaky (with occasional flashes of brilliance)...but it will be tough in the let down after last week.

I love that Saville, the winner of Wimbledon Jrs, 5 yrs prior, is going all out. He definitely doesn't want to lose this one!!
 
Denis still not looking strong, but he has broken back, so up 6-5 in first set.

Saville not ready to give up!!
 
and Denis takes the tiebreak 7-2. easy peasy.
(still looking shaky though)

ETA: I'm pretty impressed. Denis got off to a weak start, but managed to bring it around. Good stuff.
 
Shapo only has 47% of first serves in. He's got to raise that measure.

We all know he has an awesome serve, so I hope he finds his stride.
 
Why do I get the sense that this match is Denis vs. Denis? It's all about his errors, rather than about his opponent. Shapo is his own enemy.

Denis serving at 5-6.
 
GSM to Shapo. 76 76. tight match.

He got a bit upset with the ump in the tiebreak, but shook it off and came back to win, finishing off with an ace.
 
Good win with B- stuff, low 1st serve %, 7 DFs but some fight to fend off 5 of 6 BPs.

Plays Barrere in 2R, an easy 3&3 winner over Brydan Klein. The Frenchman is in his first outdoor HC tournament since the Noumea Challenger warmup for the AO. He is 14-13 (3 SFs and 2 QFs) at Challenger level for '16 so there's an experience gap to overcome.
 
After the singles...8/3

Not Before 19:30

Sekou BANGOURA (USA)

David O'HARE (IRL) [1]

vs

[WC] Felix AUGER ALIASSIME (CAN)

Denis SHAPOVALOV (CAN)
 
Looks like Shapo has hit another level after winning Junior Wimbledon. Winning easily so far over #193 Barrere, 6-4 and up two breaks 3-0 in the second.

Okay, he's definitely a couple steps further along than FAA now, but FAA has lots of time to catch up. Am excited to see where they both are in a couple years.
 
Solid win, though his opponent didn't impress me in any way. However, winning these matches is more important for a guy like Shapovalov than being at the receiving end of a one-off tank job gift from Kyrgios. This is what he needs. Winning matches against top 200 guys
 
Red Rick said:
Solid win, though his opponent didn't impress me in any way. However, winning these matches is more important for a guy like Shapovalov than being at the receiving end of a one-off tank job gift from Kyrgios. This is what he needs. Winning matches against top 200 guys
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Fully agree. The win over Kyrgios is virtually meaningless. However, the recent wins show that he appears to be legitimately in the top 200 at this point, and quickly improving.
 
InvisibleSoul said:
Fully agree. The win over Kyrgios is virtually meaningless. However, the recent wins show that he appears to be legitimately in the top 200 at this point, and quickly improving.
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He has shown his competitiveness against top 100 players since Drummondville in February. To get to the SF there and lose in three to Evans, he beat the other Canadian Wimby Juniors champ Peliwo, then beat Krajicek (career high #94), and was in a first set TB with Olivo (career high #109) when the Argentine turned an ankle and retired. He also played Lacko very tough in Washington two weeks ago, losing in three.

The move back to Challengers in Canada is the right move for now. I think he'll play USO as a junior and then probably follow Fritz's path last fall and play the U.S West Coast Challengers. With decent results there, he could be looking at top 150 or beyond by the start of '17 and ready for the trip Down Under as a pro.
 
Looks like a good plan, even though US Open juniors really doesn't offer anything other than bragging rights. He could be top 200 by then. I keep forgetting he's a year and half, 2 and 2 and a half years younger than Fritz, Zverev and Coric. I think you can see pretty clearly that players reach the top 100 very quickly as soon as they're winning challenger players. Shapovalov has plenty of time, though he could be playing slams as early as Australia next year.

I think mixing challengers and 250's, and Slams isn't a too difficult thing to do as he crack the top 150. A harder decision I think is when you get little higher and start playing the ATP 1000's. Fritz ****ed up there in the clay season. Hopefully Shapovalov won't do the same.

One more thing. What are the odds of Shapovalov playing Davis Cup in September?
 
Red Rick said:
Looks like a good plan, even though US Open juniors really doesn't offer anything other than bragging rights. He could be top 200 by then. I keep forgetting he's a year and half, 2 and 2 and a half years younger than Fritz, Zverev and Coric. I think you can see pretty clearly that players reach the top 100 very quickly as soon as they're winning challenger players. Shapovalov has plenty of time, though he could be playing slams as early as Australia next year.

I think mixing challengers and 250's, and Slams isn't a too difficult thing to do as he crack the top 150. A harder decision I think is when you get little higher and start playing the ATP 1000's. Fritz ****ed up there in the clay season. Hopefully Shapovalov won't do the same.

One more thing. What are the odds of Shapovalov playing Davis Cup in September?
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Canada at home, indoor HC in Halifax, vs Chile. Shapo's participation will depend on Raonic and Pospisil availability.
 
Wow. The dream team was dead, down 10-9, but then they won both return points and served it out! So clutch, great fight back in the superbreaker and FAA really pulled his weight at the end.
 
Exciting finish! With the kids lagging in most of the super-tiebreak they held their nerve and came from behind.
Well done. 67 64 12-10.
 
Who has a link for the doubles match please? Singles only that I can find, flashscores says no results for any men's doubles in Granby today. ??????
 
stringertom said:
Canada at home, indoor HC in Halifax, vs Chile. Shapo's participation will depend on Raonic and Pospisil availability.
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Pospisil will likely play singles with Nester. They are playing doubles in Rio.

Raonic likely will play unless injured. Shapolov might be a good singles player...who else is there? Pospisil can't beat anyone lately in singles, but he and Nester have been a good team.
 
GRANBY — The changing of the guard in Canadian men’s tennis was on display Thursday at the $100,000 Banque Nationale Granby Challenger tennis tournament.

Peter Polansky, who was once the top-ranked player in Canada, was playing Australian Andrew Whittington on centre court, but most of the attention was focused a doubles match three courts away.

Denis Shapovalov, who is 17, and Félix Auger-Aliassime, who will celebrate his 16th birthday on Monday, were playing Brazilian Guilherme Clezar and Alejandro Gonzalez of Colombia.

The teenagers attracted not only the attention of the fans but also the eyes of Tennis Canada’s top development people. And it mattered little that they came up short, losing 6-4, 4-6, 10-7 in the quarterfinal match. The youngsters held a 6-2 lead in the super tiebreaker but their inexperience showed as the South Americans won the next six points to take control of the match.
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http://montrealgazette.com/sports/shapovalov-canadian-left-in-granby-mens-singles?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

I love these young guys, but I was also cheering for Polansky, after a tough shoulder injury comeback (shades of Del Potro). In any case, tennis is in good hands in Canada. Watch out for the young'uns. They have talent.
 
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