
Erratic hitting from Shapovalov left himself a mountain to climb against Djokovic in Shanghai
I think it is fair to start off with the fact that no one was expecting Denis Shapovalov to defeat Novak Djokovic in Shanghai with a 1-11 top ten win record since the beginning of last year but was that performance worrying? In a word, yes. 6-3 6-3 to Djokovic, score-lines can be deceiving but this wasn’t a contest and the theme was set early with erratic hitting. From the opening 6 games or so I picked up some ground strokes which were as I said, erratic. Blue is backhand and red is forehand, yellow is where the ball bounced. … Continue reading Erratic hitting from Shapovalov left himself a mountain to climb against Djokovic in Shanghai