Denis Shapovalov (12 °) y Andy Murray (118 °) They starred in a dreamy first set, but above all, with a game that marked what would end up being the development of the match. Show in the Wimbledon third round.
The party marched 5-1 in favor of the Canadian, who was playing high-level tennis. With a great success with his serves (he ended up making 13 aces throughout the game) and first serves, Shapovalov began to take a distance that seemed insurmountable. But the former number one does not know of impossible.
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The Scotsman came back from 5-1 and had two break points to go 5-5. But the Canadian did not shrink and defined the set in his favor.
With great support from the public, in the best Davis Cup style, the pressure began to fall on Shapovalov, who began to make many mistakes to the point where Murray went 5-4.
In that game, the key to the first sleeve, Murray played with everything he could. In fact, he had two game points in favor to be able to equalize the actions and define everything with a seventh game.
But high flying tennis what showed Shapovalov, combined with the British’s mistakes, made that hope crumble. After that situation, the Scotsman was not the same and the Canadian won the set.
Both in the second and in the third set, the Briton was seen lacking energy and without answers. The Canadian took advantage and took the game then by 6-4, 6-2 and 6-2 and will dispute for the first time in his career the round of 16 at Wimbledon.
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