Eric Bolte/USA Today Sports, via Reuters
MONTREAL — Two years after his remarkable victory over Rafael Nadal at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, Denis Shapovalov still watches video of the match, one of the most significant in Canadian tennis history.
He does so when he needs to regain the focus and energy required to compete on the ATP Tour.
“I always kind of try to go back to when I’m a little bit down or confident,” Shapovalov said after his 6-3, 7-5 first-round win over the Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert at the Rogers Cup on Monday.