Canada’s Denis Shapovalov returns a shot against Jannik Sinner, of Italy, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday.Kirsty Wigglesworth/The Associated Press
Canada’s Denis Shapovalov was ousted from the U.S. Open following a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 third-round loss to top-ranked Jannik Sinner of Italy on Saturday.
The Richmond Hill, Ont., native leapt out to a 5-2 lead until Sinner stormed back to knot things up at 5-5 before the 27th-seeded Shapovalov took the opening set.
In the second, Shapovalov held a 3-2 edge before Sinner won four of the next five games to even up the match at one set apiece.
Shapovalov again jumped out to an early lead, this time 3-0, in the third set. However, Sinner went on to win the next six games to put the Canadian on his heels.
In the fourth and final set, it was Sinner who grabbed some early momentum, taking a 4-1 lead to eventually close out the match.
Shapovalov had 15 aces to nine double faults and converted three of his six break-point opportunities. However, he had 47 unforced errors to Sinner’s 36.
Sinner, meanwhile, had just two aces and five double faults while breaking on six of 13 chances.
Venus Williams and Leylah Fernandez celebrate after winning their doubles match on Saturday.Heather Khalifa/The Associated Press
In women’s doubles action, Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., alongside tennis legend Venus Williams, marched through to the third round with a 7-6 (1), 6-1 win over Japan’s Eri Hozumi and Norway’s Ulrikke Eikeri.
Fernandez and Williams broke on four of their seven chances, won 79 per cent of their first-serve points and fired 29 winners to their opponents’ 19.
The duo will next face the winner between Great Britain’s Katie Boulter and Sonay Kartal and Shuai Zhang and Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova.
Later Saturday, Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime was scheduled to face third-seeded Alexander Zverev in third-round action.