At the Master 1000 Canadian Open 2025, Denis Shapovalov is the No. 1 hope of the host country. Seed No. 22 is also somewhat finding a performance when entering the hard field. Last week, he just won the second title of the year in Los Cabos and rising to the 29th world after a long time struggling with injury.
After being exempted from the first round, Shapovalov had just fought the battle in the second round this morning. His opponent is a young star full of legner Tien – who often has impressive victories against the top players. Today, Vietnamese -original players continue to do that.
This match, Shapovalov started excitedly with an early break in the set, then put pressure on three consecutive ACEs. However, the 26 -year -old tennis player could not take advantage of this. Tien then reclaimed the gaming and put the set in the tie-break series.
Here, Tien quickly took 4-2 leading. At this time, Shapovalov received extremely passionate cheers from home audiences, but he still could not make a difference. The Canadian player accepts 4-7 losses.
Set two continues to have a tense game when the two players have twice exchanging breaks. They drew 5-5 in game 10, making the audience think of the second series. However, to game 12, while leading 6-5, Tien excelled in winning the third time to win.
In the end, Tien defeated Shapovalov with a score of 7 (4) -6, 7-5 and officially won tickets to the third round of Canadian Open 2025. His next opponent was compatriot Reilly Opelka (class 74 in the world). Meanwhile, Shapovalov must soon break up the tournament at home.
