{"id":474848,"date":"2026-02-14T17:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T17:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/474848\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T17:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T17:11:07","slug":"tennis-atp-nexo-dallas-open-2026-shapovalov-beats-davidovich-fokina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/474848\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis, ATP \u2013 Nexo Dallas Open 2026: Shapovalov beats Davidovich Fokina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No. 7 seed, kept his title defense alive by overcoming a slow start against Spain\u2019s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Saturday night. Shapovalov rallied from a set down to secure a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennismajors.com\/matches\/atp\/dallas-open\/denis-shapovalov-vs-alejandro-davidovich-fokina-2\" data-type=\"match\" data-id=\"844092\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">5-7, 6-4, 6-3<\/a> victory, relying on his explosive serve and clinical net play to dismantle the third seed\u2019s defenses.<\/p>\n<p>Having already dispatched Aleksandar Kovacevic and qualifier Rafael Jodar earlier in the week, the World No. 40 is recapturing the indoor form that led him to the trophy here in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Shapovalov\u2019s next hurdle is the second-seeded American Ben Shelton, who advanced after a grueling three-set battle of his own against Miomir Kecmanovic, on a very close score (5-7, 6-3, 6-4). This semifinal promises a display of raw power, with Shelton\u2019s left-handed serve pitted against Shapovalov\u2019s aggressive baseline variety.<\/p>\n<p>The top half of the draw features world No. 7 Taylor Fritz, who survived a tense deciding-set tiebreak against compatriot Sebastian Korda (6-7, 6-4, 7-6). Fritz will face veteran Croatian Marin Cilic, who has enjoyed a resurgence this week after defeating British qualifier Jack Pinnington Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas 2026: Semifinal Lineup (ATP 250)<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Fritz (1) vs. Marin Cilic : Saturday<br \/>Denis Shapovalov (7) vs. Ben Shelton (2) : Saturday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No. 7 seed, kept his title defense alive by overcoming a slow start against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-474848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}