That's the most Canadian men to have advanced to the fourth round of the event in the same year. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., is one of three Canadian men to play into the Round of 16, along with Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal and Vasek Pospisil of Vancouver. "This is definitely not the way we wanted to have a new Grand Slam champion," Shapovalov said, before noting: "It's been getting pretty boring with these three guys winning every tournament." 3 Canadians could potentially reach quarters Plus, each of the last 13 Grand Slam trophies had been won by a member of the Big Three of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic. Whoever emerges as champion will be the first first-time major trophy winner in men's tennis since 2014, when Marin Cilic won the U.S. Same thing with me."ĭjokovic's departure means there is no man left in the field who has won a Grand Slam singles title.
Nobody wants to be in this situation," Shapovalov said. In 2017, Shapovalov was also defaulted from a Davis Cup match against Britain when he accidentally hit the chair umpire in the face with a ball. Open champion Rafael Nadal, who cited concerns about travelling amid the pandemic, and Roger Federer, sidelined after two knee operations, not in the field, the 33-year-old Djokovic from Serbia was expected to claim a fourth trophy in New York. The previous loss came last year on a hardcourt ATP 500 event in Tokyo. 17 but seeded 12th at the Grand Slam tournament that's missing some top stars, came into the match 0-1 against 29-year-old Goffin in his career. Goffin hung around and finally broke Shapovalov to make it 5-3 only for the native of Richmond Hill, Ont., to convert a break point on the next game to take the match. 1:07 Denis Shapovalov stole a point from David Goffin with a great running cross-court winner following a long rally.
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