{"id":608531,"date":"2026-04-16T18:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/608531\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:32:08","slug":"canadas-denis-shapovalov-advances-to-quarter-finals-at-bmw-open-tennis-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/608531\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Denis Shapovalov advances to quarter-finals at BMW Open tennis tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MUNICH, GERMANY – APRIL 16: Denis Shapovalov of Canada celebrates after winning his match against Fabian Marozsan of Hungary on day six of the BMW Open at MTTC IPHITOS on April 16, 2026 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein\/Getty Images for BMW)Alexander Hassenstein\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Canadian Denis Shapovalov advanced to the quarter-finals of the BMW Open men\u2019s tennis tournament Thursday with a straight-set win over Hungarian F\u00e1bi\u00e1n Marozs\u00e1n.<\/p>\n

Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., won the match 7-6 (7), 6-2.<\/p>\n

The Canadian had twice as many double faults (eight) as aces (four) and was just 57 per cent on his first serve. Marozs\u00e1n registered three aces and one double fault and was at 73 per cent on his first serve, but was broken twice in four attempts by the Canadian.<\/p>\n

Marozs\u00e1n had three break opportunities in the match but couldn\u2019t convert on any of them.<\/p>\n

Shapovalov faces Slovakian Alex Molcan in the quarter-finals Friday.<\/p>\n

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Shapovalov plays a backhand during his match against Fabian Marozsan of Hungary.Alexander Hassenstein\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The news wasn\u2019t as good for Montreal\u2019s Gabriel Diallo, who lost 6-1, 6-2 to Germany\u2019s Alexander Zverev.<\/p>\n

The top-seeded Zverev, the defending champion playing at home on clay, converted five of eight break points in the one-hour, 13-minute match.<\/p>\n

Diallo won just 55 per cent of first-serve points and 32 per cent on his second serve, finishing with 19 unforced errors. The Canadian received treatment for a back issue late in the first set, and his serving dipped in the second.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he had some issues with the back and was not serving fully in the second set,\u201d Zverev said in his on-court interview. \u201cBut I am happy with the win and happy to get an easier match today.\u201d<\/p>\n

The win improved Zverev\u2019s career record to 2-0 against Diallo, with his other victory coming earlier this year at the Australian Open.<\/p>\n

The world No. 3 will face fifth-seeded Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina in the quarter-finals Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: MUNICH, GERMANY – APRIL 16: Denis Shapovalov of Canada celebrates after winning his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,82,865,61,593,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":{"0":"post-608531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-alberta","9":"tag-arts-news","10":"tag-bc","11":"tag-breaking-news","12":"tag-breaking-news-video","13":"tag-british-columbia","14":"tag-ca","15":"tag-canada","16":"tag-canada-news","17":"tag-canada-sports","18":"tag-canada-sports-news","19":"tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","20":"tag-canadian-breaking-news","21":"tag-canadian-news","22":"tag-economy","23":"tag-education","24":"tag-environment","25":"tag-federal-government","26":"tag-foreign-news","27":"tag-globe-and-mail","28":"tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","29":"tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","30":"tag-government","31":"tag-life-news","32":"tag-lifestyle","33":"tag-local-news","34":"tag-manitoba","35":"tag-national-news","36":"tag-new-brunswick","37":"tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","38":"tag-northwest-territories","39":"tag-nova-scotia","40":"tag-nunavut","41":"tag-ontario","42":"tag-pei","43":"tag-photos","44":"tag-political-news","45":"tag-political-opinion","46":"tag-politics","47":"tag-politics-news","48":"tag-quebec","49":"tag-sports","50":"tag-sports-news","51":"tag-technology","52":"tag-tennis","53":"tag-travel","54":"tag-trudeau","55":"tag-us-news","56":"tag-world-news","57":"tag-yukon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608531","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=608531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}