Denis Shapovalov’s return to aggressive tennis didn’t go as deliberate Sunday evening because the 24-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., was bounced from the Australian Open in straight units.
Eighteen-year-old qualifier Jakub Mensik of Czechia defeated the Canadian 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 in a match that took two hours, 20 minutes to play.
Shapovalov, working his means again from a knee harm, had performed just one match since July 9, however declared himself match and able to compete in Melbourne.
Mensik completed with 12 aces, together with three in a row within the remaining recreation of the third set. He had 4 double faults, 22 unforced errors, was good on 63 per cent of his first serves, and received three return video games and 17 serve video games.
Shapovalov had 12 aces, seven double faults, 50 unforced errors, was good on 77 per cent of his first serves, he received 13 service video games and no video games whereas returning.
Mensik will subsequent play the winner of the match between qualifier Omar Jasika of Australia and ninth-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland.
In the meantime, Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., is tentatively scheduled to play his first match on Monday at 3 a.m. (ET) in opposition to Alex de Minaur of Australia, whereas Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal is tentatively scheduled to play his first match on Monday at 4:15 a.m. (ET) in opposition to Dominic Thiem of Austria.
