«I played smart, the match turned to my advantage quite quickly, then I lost control of the game a bit. But I knew how to fight to regain the upper hand“commented the 22-year-old Canadian, Denis Shapovalov, who fell for the German Alexander Zverev, 3rd in the world and candidate for the title 6-3, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3. In the first round, he defeated Serbian Laslo Djere in four sets and 3:23, then he dismissed South Korean Soonwoo Kwon in five sets and 4:25, before beating American Reilly Opelka in four sets and 3:02. Zverev, he yielded in 2:21. “It’s always better to win in three sets, but I have to admit that this is the match I least expected to finish in three sets.He admitted.
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