Canada’s Denis Shapovalov is again within the winner’s circle.
The 25-year-old Shapovalov beat Serbia’s Hamad Medjedovic 6-4, 6-4 within the Belgrade Open closing on Saturday. It is Shapovalov’s second ATP Tour title after profitable the Stockholm Open in 2019.
He’s the primary Canadian to win an ATP Tour-level title this season.
His final look in a event closing was in Vienna in 2022.
Shapovalov missed the second half of final season as a result of harm and spent most of this yr regaining his greatest degree of play. He got here by means of qualifying in Belgrade and dropped only one set on his approach to profitable the trophy.
“It has been an excellent season for me, simply been wholesome and again on courtroom,” stated Shapovalov. “It takes time to climb again up the rankings. Every week like this can assist lots.”
It is anticipated he’ll transfer 22 spots up the lads’s tennis rankings to No. 56, his highest place since he was No. 45 in October 2023.
Shapovalov’s greatest outcomes this season had been at ATP 500 occasions in Washington and Basel, the place he reached the quarterfinals.
Medjedovic was taking part in in his first-ever ATP Tour closing.
The 21-year-old, who gained the Subsequent Gen ATP Finals introduced by PIF title final yr, ends 2024 holding a 9-8 tour-level file on the season.
“It isn’t straightforward taking part in the younger guys,” stated Shapovalov. “He served properly and I used to be attempting to do my greatest to get into his video games and I acquired a bit fortunate within the first set to interrupt him.
“I hit a few fortunate returns and form of carried that momentum early into the second.”
