Canadian Denis Shapovalov defeated Belgian David Goffin in four sets of 6-7 (0), 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the US Open on Sunday in New York .
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This is the best career Grand Slam result for the young 17th player in the world. In 2017, he was dismissed in the round of 16 by Spaniard Pablo Carreno-Busta, who, coincidentally, will be his opponent in the next round.
Carreno-Busta took advantage of the disqualification of first seed Novak Djokovic to advance to the next round. In a fit of frustration, the Serbian struck a ball that accidentally struck a linesman in the face, leading to her punitive withdrawal.
Shapovalov has broken Goffin five times in this game, himself being broken once.
At first, he easily stole his opponent’s serve in the fourth game of the second set to take a 4-1 lead. The Canadian then continued on to his 6-3 victory in the set. With this round won, “Shapo” broke the Belgian from the start in third.
The 21-year-old also didn’t take long to win in the next set, stealing Goffin’s serve twice in the first five games. This is also how Shapovalov won at the end of the game on the 10th player in the world, responding break after break.
The Maple Leaf rep was also solid with the balls in hand, scoring 12 aces while gaining 76% of the points on his first serve.
Before Sunday, Goffin had won the only duel between the two tennis players, in the round of 16 of the 2019 Tokyo tournament.
The other two remaining Canadians, Félix Auger-Aliassime and Vasek Pospisil, will try to join Shapovalov in the quarterfinals by winning their respective matches on Monday.
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