Canada’s Denis Shapovalov misplaced his opening-round match of the Dubai Tennis Championships 6-2, 6-4 to Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta on Tuesday.
Shapovalov had eight aces to 4 double faults within the one-hour, 17-minute match.
The world No. 36 from Richmond Hill, Ont., additionally broke on simply two of his 9 alternatives.
After being outclassed within the opening set, Shapovalov obtained off to a 2-0 lead within the second. Nevertheless, he gave up 5 consecutive video games to the Spaniard earlier than making it a 5-4 set.
Up 40-15, Shapovalov didn’t tie the set and Busta pushed the sport to a deuce. The Canadian then dedicated a pressured error to present benefit to Busta, who then fired a winner on match level.
Busta went with out an ace and had two double faults, however transformed on 5 of his 9 break-point probabilities.
