Denis Shapovalov's match was suspended in a second set tiebreak after losing the first set to Australia's Alex De Minaur.
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Pat Hickey • Montreal Gazette
Denis Shapovalov finds a way to win a tennis match Is it possible?
We'll have to wait until Tuesday to find out the answer to that question.
Pride of Richmond Hill, Ontario and Australia's Alex De Minaur were caught in an evenly matched 23-year-old. That's when first round action was halted due to heavy rain at his bank his open at the National on Monday night. Matches at the IGA Stadium resumed on Tuesday afternoon, with De Minaur leading 7-5, 6-6, with the tiebreak deadlocked at 3-3. This was followed by Canadian wildcards Vasek Pospisil and Alexis GalarneauPospisil taking on Tommy Paul of the United States at 11am, with Laval-born Galarneau in his 15th spot. It will be his third game on the court at center following the match against him. Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.
Shapovalov, touted as his future Grand Slam champion, was en route to the quarter-finals of the Masters 1000 in Rome in early May when Rafael was in a match since he defeated Nadal. I was struggling to win.
The left-hander claimed to have played well on Sunday, but the results weren't as good as he has won just one in his last nine games. admitted.
The first set provided a microcosm of Shapovalov's performance over the past three months. His serve was excellent in his first five serves his game, putting 81% of his first serve into play and on serve he scored 21 of 24 points. Needing to hold in the 12th game to force a tiebreak, his game fell apart. He served his fifth ace early in the game, but two loose points allowed De Minaur to take the game to deuce, and the Australian scored his next two with a break and a set. Got points.
Shapovalov broke De Minaur in the third game of the second set, and in the next game he delivered two unreturned serves that saw him avoid two break points and take an early advantage. Obtained. De Minaur tied at his 4-4 when Shapovalov doubled his fault on his point break.
The up-down nature of Shapovalov's game also played out in the tiebreaker. He scored his third consecutive forehand winner to take his 3–1 lead, but let De Minaur tie on his two errors.
Rain proved to be a headache on both ends of Monday's schedule. There was a five hour delay in starting the day session. The rain was predicted to resume at 6:00 pm, but held out long enough to provide entertainment for the evening crowd, albeit with poor and wet results.
Two of his other games were interrupted by rain, and eight were postponed. As a result, Tuesday's schedule was hectic, and the organizers hoped the weather forecast for the morning's showers would be wrong, but he pushed the start forward an hour to 11am.
Swiss veteran Stan his Wawrinka looked uncomfortable in his first game on a hard court since March last year, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. He lost to Finnish Emil Ruth Vuori by 3 decision. The 37-year-old Wawrinka, his three-time Grand Slam champion, has returned from a left foot injury that kept him out for most of last year.
Russia's Karen Khachanov defeated Argentina's Francisco Cerundro with his 7-6 (4) 5-7 6-3. USA's Jenson Brooksby defeated Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik his 6-2 6-3, Slovakia's Alec Molkan of USA's Mackenzie He beat McDonald's 7-6 (1) 6-4 rice field.
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