Canada’s Denis Shapovalov misplaced within the first spherical of the U.S. Males’s Clay Courtroom Championships 6-2, 7-5 to Marcos Giron of the USA on Tuesday.
The Richmond Hill, Ont., native had a tough begin, taking place 4-0 to Giron within the opening set earlier than successful his first recreation.
The second set was extra of a back-and-forth affair, with Shapovalov forcing Giron to play from behind extra.
Giron tied the second set at 5-5 earlier than breaking to take a 6-5 edge, his first lead of the set. He adopted that up by saving Shapovalov’s lone break level alternative of the match to seal the victory.
Shapovalov had three aces to eight double faults within the one-hour eight-minute match.
Giron additionally had three aces however two double faults and broke on three of his six alternatives.
