Canada’s Denis Shapovalov suffers first-round loss at Wimbledon
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WIMBLEDON — Denis Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill, Ont., was upset in the first round at Wimbledon on Tuesday, falling 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 to Argentina’s Mariano Navone.
The 27th seed double-faulted 11 times and won just 53 per cent of his second-serve points.
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Navone, ranked No. 41 in the world, broke Shapovalov six times in the match.
It’s Shapovalov’s earliest exit at the All England Club since 2019.
Fellow Canadians Leylah Fernandez, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Gabriel Diallo remain in singles competition.
Fernandez, of Laval, Que., faces Laura Siegemund on Wednesday, while Montreal’s Auger-Aliassime meets Jan-Lennard Struff, and Diallo, also of Montreal, awaits the winner between No. 5 Taylor Fritz and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.
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