US EditionCanada’s Shapovalov Ousted From Dubai Tennis Championships in First Round
Pablo Carreno Busta won the match by converting five of nine break points while Shapovalov made critical errors, losing in straight sets 6-2, 6-4.
- On Tuesday, Canada’s Denis Shapovalov lost his opening-round match 6-2, 6-4 to Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta at the Dubai Tennis Championships.
- Facing pressure on return games, Shapovalov surrendered five consecutive games early in the first set after Busta converted five of his nine break-point chances.
- Shapovalov served eight aces and had four double faults in the one-hour, 17-minute match, then committed a forced error on match point as Pablo Carreno Busta sealed the victory.
- Shapovalov’s early exit eliminates his chance to advance at the Dubai Championships after he broke on just two of his nine opportunities.
- Up 40-15, Denis Shapovalov failed to tie the set and Pablo Carreno Busta pushed the game to deuce; Busta won despite no aces and two double faults, showing return game strength.
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The Toronto Star
Canada’s Shapovalov ousted from Dubai Tennis Championships in first round
DUBAI - Canada's Denis Shapovalov lost his opening-round match of the Dubai Tennis Championships 6-2, 6-4 to Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta on Tuesday.
Winnipeg Free Press
Canada's Shapovalov ousted from Dubai Tennis Championships in first round
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
The Ontarian, 36th world snowshoe, slid in two rounds of 6-2 and 6-4 ahead of Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta, who held 124th place.
It is a very concentrated Ugo Humbert who came to the end of Stefanos Tsitsipas (6-4, 7-5) in the first round of ATP 500 Dubai on Tuesday.
Canada's Denis Shapovalov falls in first round of Dubai Tennis Championships
Canada’s Denis Shapovalov lost his opening-round match of the Dubai Tennis Championships 6-2, 6-4 to Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta on Tuesday. Shapovalov had eight aces to four double faults in the one-hour, 17-minute match. The world No. 36 from Richmond Hill, Ont., also broke on just two of his nine opportunities. After being outclassed in the opening set, Shapovalov got off to a 2-0 lead in the second. However, he gave up five consecutive games…
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