That's an area where he has made steady improvement in the last two years, and where he hopes new coach Jamie Delgado, a fine volleyer in his day, will make even more of an impact. Shapovalov went 22-for-27 at the net on Sunday. Today was just, in my opinion, awful from my side.' Impact of new coach It's just tough,' a downcast Zverev said. 'Maybe since Wimbledon, one of the worst matches I have played. With eight double faults, he won just 29 per cent of his second-serve points. And his career-long struggle with his second serve, resolved fairly well in 2021, reared its head. He rarely looked in trouble.įor his part, Zverev never looked as though he might mount a charge. Other than 11 double faults, Shapovalov dominated the rallies with power and surprising consistency. ROUNDUP Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime breezes into round of 16 at Australian Open with straight-sets win 'I think I did everything really, really well today.' Did a good job of just staying patient and, yeah, trying to play a little quickly on my serve games,' Shapovalov said. 'Obviously it was really hot to begin with. And on a steamy, humid day, he kept his infamously inconsistent cool pretty much throughout. But beyond that, he outhit the mighty Zverev from the baseline. Shapovalov had a slight dip in focus at the end of the second set against Zverev. 'I'm going to have to try to play my game, take it to him and keep doing what I have been doing: playing patient, fighting for every point and picking my spots to play aggressively.' He's very good at what he does, you know?' Shapovalov said of Nadal. 'I'm definitely expecting a long battle out there. 27 seed Marin Čilić in his own round-of-16 match. He joins Milos Raonic (who has gone at least that far on five occasions) and Mike Belkin, who reached the quarter-finals in 1968 - the first year of tennis's open era.įelix Auger-Aliassime will attempt to join that group Monday (late Sunday night ET) when the No. Shapovalov is the third Canadian to reach the final eight in Melbourne. If the match against Zverev was any indication, it's already mission accomplished. 3 Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3 in the fourth round at the Australian Open. Duration 3:24 Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., defeats world No.

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