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Rising Canadian tennis star Dennis Shapovalov continued his impressive clay games after qualifying for the second round of the Masters in Rome, eliminating the 15th placed Tomas Berdih with 1:6, 6:3, 7:6 (5) fortwo hours and eight minutes. The young man made too many unintentional mistakes in the first set and this cost him his definite loss, but in the next parts he raised his level significantly.




Although both players are known for their powerful strikes and aggressiveness, the Canadian youngster was the lead figure in the races and managed to win the final two points of the final tiebreak. Shapovalov made a total of 36 winners and a huge number of mistakes - 52 while Berdych scored 10 winnings and 26 mistaken balls. The Canadian also managed to oppose Chelsea at serve, both of which scored a 63% and 64% success rate of first submission.

Experienced Berdih started stronger and led 5:0 on his way to success in the first set. 19-year-old Canadian found his game in the second part, in which he drew with 4:1 game and subsequently equalized. The decisive third set reached a tiebreak in which Shapovalov missed an advance of 4:1 points, but after 5:5 he won two consecutive games, and so the games.

In the second round he will play against the Dutchman Robin Haase.




Before Madrid, Shapovalov did not have a single win on clay, and now he has five on his account after last week he became the youngest semi-finalist in the Masters Tournament after Rafael Nadal and Richard Gasquet. His successful start in Rome means that from the next upgrading of the world rankings he will outpaces Milos Raonic in 26th position and for the first time since 2010 Canada will have a new first rocket.


In another match via sport news of the day, Bosnian player Damir Djumhur defeated Fernando Verdasco with 6:3, 6:1, and his next rival will be the number 1 champion and seven-time champion Rafael Nadal in Spain.

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