{"id":10368,"date":"2017-01-11T19:48:48","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T08:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/?p=10368"},"modified":"2017-01-11T20:06:21","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T09:06:21","slug":"shapovalov-storms-into-quarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/news\/2017\/01\/11\/shapovalov-storms-into-quarters","title":{"rendered":"Shapovalov storms into quarters"},"content":{"rendered":"

World No. 253 Denis Shapovalov (CAN) <\/strong>has upset third seed and world No.78 Pierre-Hugues Herbert<\/strong> (FRA)<\/strong> at the East Hotel Canberra Challenger 2017 in a stunning second round victory 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my second week back [on court] after break,\u201d Shapovalov said. \u201cIt\u2019s very good to be back, and [now] in the quarterfinals, so I\u2019m very happy.<\/p>\n

The Canadian teen was cool and calm after the match, however said there were some important moments during the match that made all the difference.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was one moment where I thought the ref made a bad call. It was 0-30 on my serve, so it was a little bit of a tough situation. But I did a good job of putting a lot of [my] first serves in, digging my way out of that game.<\/p>\n

\u201cPH2 [Herbert] is a very good player, so it\u2019s a great win for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shapovalov will face three time 2016 Challenger tour champion and world No.86 Steve Darcis<\/strong> (BEL) in the quarterfinals on January 12.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know he likes longer rallies and he\u2019s a very crafty player, I\u2019ve seen him play quite a bit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to try and be a little bit more aggressive, try and do a couple of different things, but we\u2019ll see during the match how it goes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI go into every match the same way and I\u2019m going to prepare the same and just go out and play my game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Popular unseeded Australian player Sam Groth <\/strong>(VIC) also progressed into the quarterfinal round defeating second seed and world No.68 Gerald Melzer<\/strong> (AUT) in hot, blustery Canberra conditions.<\/p>\n

Groth said he felt lucky to win again after playing another in-form opponent.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, I\u2019ve got nothing to loose,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll these guys are pretty much ranked above me, Gerald [Melzer] especially and now Dudi [Sela]. For me it\u2019s all about building, getting that ranking back, and hopefully it\u2019s going to turn into a good week.\u201d<\/p>\n

After missing an opportunity to take the match in the third, Groth took out his frustration on his racquet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI try not to, it\u2019s not ideal, but you know, I had to let a bit of frustration out.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s better that you let it out I think, it may not be the best way to do it, but it\u2019s better that it\u2019s out and you don\u2019t carry it, and end up losing the match.”<\/p>\n

After the match, 11-year-old Tennis ACT ballkid squad member\u00a0Jay Trageagle<\/strong> was given the smashed racquet by Groth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very happy, it\u2019s a great pleasure to get a racquet from him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Groth continued \u201cIt\u2019s great to have the crowd out here. The more support I can get, it would be great, as I\u2019m the only Aussie left in the draw, [so] hopefully everyone gets behind me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wildcard Andrew Harris<\/strong> (AUS) was close to defeating top seed Jan-Lennard Struff<\/strong> (GER) after equaling the match in the second set. However Struff proved why he is the world No.63, closing the match 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 in 1 hour and 43 minuets.<\/p>\n

Day 4 preview: Quarterfinals<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Thursday 12 January 2017<\/strong><\/h2>\n

ORDER OF PLAY – singles<\/h3>\n

CENTRE COURT<\/strong><\/h3>\n

11:00 am<\/strong>
\n[1] Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs [5] Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS)<\/p>\n

Not Before 1:00 pm<\/strong>
\nDenis Shapovalov (CAN) vs [6] S.teve Darcis (BEL)<\/p>\n

Not Before 3:00 pm<\/strong>
\n[8] Dudi Sela (ISR) vs Sam Groth (AUS)<\/p>\n

COURT 5<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1:00 pm<\/strong>
\n[7] Carlos Berlocq (ARG) vs Alejandro Falla (COL)<\/p>\n

Tournament information including full daily Order of Play can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch the Canberra Pro Tour Live Stream<\/a> and keep up to date with live scores using the Pro Tennis Live App<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

World No. 253 Denis Shapovalov (CAN) has upset third seed and world No.78 Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) at the East Hotel Canberra Challenger 2017 in a stunning second round victory 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. \u201cThis is my second week back [on court] after break,\u201d Shapovalov said. \u201cIt\u2019s very good to be back, and [now] in the quarterfinals, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5971,"featured_media":10372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5971"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}