Shapovalov edged him in winners (40-32) but had more than double the unforced errors (36-15). Using his big serve and an all-around game to keep the 19-time Grand Slam champion off-kilter, he kept Djokovic on the run.
He led 5-4 in the first set before being broken and losing in a tiebreak He led 5-4 in the second set too and the third set but could not punch it through.Ī native of Richmond Hill, Ont., Shapovalov kept the Serbian on his toes the entire match. The final line may have been 7-6(3), 7-5, 7-5, but the play of Shapovalov was on another level. "I don't think that the scoreline says enough about the performance and about the match," Djokovic said during his post-match on-court interview after winning. But what those watching didn't know, was that it wasn't going to be easy for Novak Djokovic too. Everyone in the stands and in the broadcast knew that. Denis Shapovalov walked onto Centre Court knowing that.
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