{"id":249476,"date":"2025-10-24T22:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T22:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/249476\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T22:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T22:05:09","slug":"denis-shapovalov-booed-off-by-the-crowd-in-basel-as-he-loses-to-joao-fonseca-with-his-conduct-criticized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/249476\/","title":{"rendered":"Denis Shapovalov booed off by the crowd in Basel as he loses to Joao Fonseca with his conduct criticized"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Denis Shapovalov was looking to win his first career meeting against the young Brazilian.<\/p>\n

The Canadian number two made a strong start in Basel, taking a 6-3 lead over Fonseca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not prepared to go down without a fight, Fonseca fought back to level things up 3-6, 6-3.<\/p>\n

\"JoaoPhoto by FABRICE COFFRINI\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Then, in a surprising development, Shapovalov<\/a> retired down 4-1 in the third, seemingly out of nowhere.<\/p>\n

Fans in Basel then booed the Canadian off the court, as a strange final set finished abruptly.<\/p>\n

Denis Shapovalov questioned after retiring \u2018out of the blue\u2019 against Joao Fonseca<\/p>\n

Just a few games before Shapovalov retired, he expressed his frustrations with Fonseca, who was making him wait between serves.<\/p>\n

On several occasions, Fonseca asked Shapovalov to wait while the ball kids returned to their spots, much to the annoyance of the 26-year-old.<\/p>\n

After complaining to the umpire, Shapovalov continued, but seemed out of sorts, swiping at two forehands to give up a break.<\/p>\n

He then chose to retire from the match, walking off the court to a chorus of boos in Basel.<\/p>\n

Giving his verdict on Shapovalov\u2019s abrupt retirement, Sky Sports commentator Jonathan Overend had this to say.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a surprise. I mean, yes, there were a couple of reckless shots in that game. But come on, Denis [Shapovalov], we\u2019ve got to get to the finish line, haven\u2019t we?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAllow the crowd to enjoy a bit more of the contest, which was a good one.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbsolutely no indication that Shapovalov was hampered in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n

He did, however, send some sympathy Shapovalov\u2019s way, as he recognized that the world number 23 could be carrying a knock.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, we have to give him the benefit of the doubt. Any of these players could be feeling anything at any moment,\u201d said Overend.<\/p>\n

\"DenisPhoto by FABRICE COFFRINI\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s easy for us to sit up here in judgment, but you don\u2019t know what is going on down there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Overend\u2019s co-commentator proceeded to share his thoughts as he noticed Shapovalov stretching his leg before retiring.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing I saw from Shapovalov maybe 20 minutes ago was that he missed a first serve, and I saw him just stretch out his right leg, but it happened once,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was all I saw, and I did not see it again from that point onwards.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear what the problem was for Shapovalov, but it was certainly one of the stranger retirements we\u2019ve seen this year.<\/p>\n

There won\u2019t be any complaints from Fonseca, however, who will now prepare to play the biggest semifinal of his career.<\/p>\n

Joao Fonseca advances to his first career ATP 500 semifinal<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Fonseca played his maiden tour-level semifinal, en route to his title win at the ATP 250 Argentina Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Playing the second semifinal of his career, Fonseca will meet Spain\u2019s Jaume Munar, who benefited from Felix Auger-Aliassime\u2019s retirement<\/a> in the day\u2019s first quarterfinal.<\/p>\n

\"JaumePhoto by Hu Chengwei\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The pair haven\u2019t played each other before, and will both be looking to reach their first ATP 500 finals.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s tough to gauge who will set foot on court as the favorite, as there is very little separating Fonseca and Munar in the world rankings.<\/p>\n

RankNameCountryAgePoints40Zizou BergsBelgium261,27441Gabriel DialloCanada241,22842Jaume MunarSpain281,20843Sebastian BaezArgentina241,15544Alexandre MullerFrance281,15345Lorenzo SonegoItaly301,13046Joao FonsecaBrazil191,12947Nuno BorgesPortugal281,12048Alexei PopyrinAustralia261,09049Fabian MarozsanHungary261,065Snapshot of the ATP Rankings<\/p>\n

Thanks to their stellar performances in Basel, both players are set to debut at a career-high ranking on Monday, but where they land will depend on the result of their semifinal match.<\/p>\n

RankNameCountryAgePoints33Tomas MachacCzechia251,44534Alex MichelsenUSA211,44035Jaume MunarSpain281,39536Arthur FilsFrance211,36037Grigor DimitrovBulgaria341,33038Learner TienUSA191,31639Joao FonsecaBrazil191,31540Valentin VacherotMonaco261,28341Zizou BergsBelgium261,27442Gabriel DialloCanada241,228Snapshot of the Live ATP Rankings<\/p>\n

Only time will tell who will emerge victorious, but you certainly won\u2019t want to miss any of the action.<\/p>\n

Fonseca and Munar will face off in the semifinals of the 2025 Swiss Indoors on Saturday, October 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Denis Shapovalov was looking to win his first career meeting against the young…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[430,22621,12551,99,133132,428],"class_list":["post-249476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-atp","tag-denis-shapovalov","tag-joao-fonseca","tag-sports","tag-swiss-indoors","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}