No. 3-seed Alexander Zverev was shocked by Denis Shapovalov in the fourth round of the Australian Open. She lost to 14th seed Shapovalov in Melbourne 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3. The German was one of many people who thought she was going to win the Grand Slam.
It keeps Zverev on the lookout for his first grand slam title, after he won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games last year.
The Canadian made a lot of big serves at important times, and he looked great all the way thru.
Zverev took his anger out on his racket by smashing it on the ground until it was completely ruined. He had a one-set lead before Shapovalov won an important break point early in the second set.
It was Zverev who was trying to win the second set with a 5-3 lead, but he made two double faults that let Shapovalov break again, before Denis Shapovalov won the second set in a tie break.
Denis Shapovalov was able to handle the third set thanks to an early break in the third set. At the first time of asking, he was able to declare a beautiful victory when Zverev could only hit a forehand into the net.
In the first round of the Australian Open, Denis Shapovalov, 22, beat Zverev in a surprise victory, but it took two hours and 21 minutes.
In the Australian Open quarterfinals, Shapovalov said, “I’m happy to keep going and win at the same time again.”
In the end, he said, “It’s always better to finish in three.” That was the one he didn’t expect to finish in three.
Before this match, Rafael Nadal beat Adrian Mannarino in straight sets. This means that Shapovalov will now face Nadal in the last eight.
Nadal was trying to win a record-breaking 21 grand slam titles when he had to deal with a tie break that lasted 28 minutes in the first set. Mannarino won the next two sets.
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After he beat Zverev, Denis Shapovalov said a prayer for the 35-year-old.
When he went up against Rafa, he said, “It’s always an honor.”
In this case, “it’s always a good time.” It’s always a fight against him, and I’m sure I’ll enjoy it. “
