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Vasek Pospisil advanced to the third round of the European Open tennis tournament with a 7-6 (3), 7-5 upset of fellow Canadian Milos Raonic on Wednesday. Pospisil, form Vancouver, beat his hard-serving opponent at his own game, firing 11 aces to Raonic's nine and converting 84 per cent of available first serve points. Pospisil will […]
Nikoloz Basilashvili won his sixth straight match Tuesday, beating Canada's Denis Shapovalov 6-2, 6-2 in the first round of the Shanghai Masters. All three Canadians who were in the tournament are now eliminated. Also Tuesday, Vasek Pospisil fell to Australia's Alex de Minaur 6-4, 7-6 (4). On Monday, Milos Raonic, who was seeded 14th, lost to 81st-ranked Mackenzie […]
Denis Shapovalov battled back for a five-set win over Robin Haase as Canada took a 2-0 lead versus the Netherlands on Friday night in the second rubber of their Davis Cup draw. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., struggled with his returns in the first two sets, but then re-focused before ultimately beating Haase 3-6, 3-6, […]
Canada's Denis Shapovalov fended off a late charge by Britain's Kyle Edmund for a 6-4, 7-5 win in the second round of the Western and Southern Open on Tuesday. Shapovalov now holds a 4-2 career record against Edmund. Click on the video player below to watch Shapovalov in action: Canada's Denis Shapovalov moves to the 3rd […]
A year ago, Stefanos Tsitsipas wasn't even at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. His ranking wasn't high enough to earn a spot in the main draw nor was he awarded a wild card. Instead, he was halfway across the world in Slovenia grinding away on the ATP Challenger circuit — a tier below the main tour — trying to build his ranking […]
Milos Raonic is heading into this year's Rogers Cup in a different position than the one he's become accustomed to over the last few years. Supplanted by teenager Denis Shapovalov as the top-ranked Canadian in the men's singles draw, there's suddenly a lot less outside pressure on the Thornhill, Ont., product to succeed in the […]
Denis Shapovalov was eliminated in the second round of the Australian Open on Wednesday after falling 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-7 (4), 5-7 to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Tsonga will next face either Australia’s Nick Kyrgios or Viktor Troicki of Serbia, who played later Wednesday. The Frenchman won the match in three hours 37 minutes. He smashed nine […]
Canadian Denis Shapovalov advanced to the second round of the Australian Open with a 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory over Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas on Monday. It’s the first main-draw win at the Australian Open for the 18-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont. Shapovalov won 57 per cent of his first service points and converted on 5-of-8 […]
No athlete in Canada held the spotlight in 2017 quite like Denis Shapovalov. The 18-year-old’s remarkable run up the ATP rankings, leaving behind upset wins over Grand Slam tournament champions, has earned the Richmond Hill, Ont., tennis player the Lionel Conacher Award as the Canadian Press male athlete of the year. Shapovalov collected 20 of […]
[unable to retrieve full-text content] In this week’s Monday Moments, Rob Pizzo talks about Denis Shapovalov continuing his amazing run, this time at the Davis Cup in Edmonton. He also brings you highlights from FISE, Damian Warner back to his winning ways, and a huge crash in F1. CBC | Sports News
