Tennis News: Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov will try to do a better job at the St. Petersburg Open season 2021.
The tennis player who reached the quarter-finals and semi-finals in his first two appearances at St. The St. Petersburg Open has started the tournament this season at a slightly slower pace. But he bounced back and beat Spain’s Pablo Andujar 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, a victory that took him to the quarter-finals.
“Obviously, it was very difficult to play against Pablo in the first game of the tournament. He’s a great player and it was a difficult start to the game. I didn’t feel very good, but I told myself to keep going, ”said Shapovalov.
“Obviously there are a lot of games to play so I really wanted to change things up in the second set and I did really well.”
In the decider, the second seed won 72% of his serve points to finish the match and win it in 1 hour 49 minutes.
The two have now met three times after the second seed won their first meeting at the 2019 Australian Open before the second seed earned a WO when he met Andujar at Wimbledon this past season.
This week, the world number 13 is aiming for a second ATP tournament title of his career and his first since winning the 2019 Stockholm Open title.
Before qualifying for the semi-finals of St. At the St. Petersburg Open, Shapovalov will face German tennis player Jan Lennard Struff.
World number 53 Lennard Struff made it through the second round of the St. Petersburg Open more smoothly after successfully knocking down seventh seed Alexander Bublik 6-4, 6-3.
Lennard Struff, 31, will try to reach the semi-finals for the first time since reaching the semi-finals in Munich in May.
So far, Lennard Struff has led the head-to-head against Shapovalov by 4-2, but the Canadian won his last meeting in Dubai for the 2021 season in a convincing straight sets.
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