A improbable February continued Thursday for Denis Shapovalov.
The Canadian tennis participant received his eighth match in a row and superior to the Mexican Open semifinals with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over American Marcos Giron in Acapulco.
The ninth-seeded Shapovalov, who received the Dallas Open indoors earlier this month, will face world No. 48 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain within the semis on Friday evening. It marks the Canadian’s first outside semifinal since 2022.
The event is large open with not one of the prime seven seeds advancing to the ultimate 4.
Three of the highest 5 seeds both withdrew or retired from matches earlier within the week due to abdomen points.
Shapovalov, ranked thirty second on the earth, received for the primary time in three matches towards Giron. The world No. 52 beat Shapovalov earlier this yr in Adelaide, Australia.
Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., might transfer as much as as excessive as No. 22 within the rankings if he wins the ATP Tour 500 occasion.
