Barcelona Open: Shapovalov passed and Tsitsipas is waiting

Denis Shapovalov qualified for the “16” of the Barcelona Open, defeating Jozef Kovalik, who came out of the qualification 6-4, 6-3in a period of 80 minutes of competition, and is waiting for Stefanos Tsitsipas to claim his entry in 8th place.

In the first set, the game looked fairly even as both had prioritized the integrity of their serves, and so it remained a tie (4-4) until the eighth game.

In the very next set, the 24-year-old Canadian held world No. 155 to two points, then broke serve for the first time and ideally finished the first round of the game (6-4).

In the 2nd part of the game, Shapovalov started again with the first serve and kept a slight lead until the 3rd game (2-1). In the 4th game he doubled his breaks in the game, while in the next game he increased the difference even more and essentially “secured” the win (4-1).

Throughout the match, the No. 28 in the ATP rankings conserved his strength and controlled the pace, keeping the gap the same and eventually beating the 30-year-old Slovak to advance to the next stage of the clay court tournament in Barcelona (6th – 7th August). -3).

At the same time, the match between Grigor Dimitrov and Emilio Gomez took place, in which the 31-year-old Bulgarian won 6-3, 6-1 within 63 minutes, and to get to the “16” of the ATP 500 event in Spain.