Ontarioian Denis Shapovalov impressed in the second round of the Wimbledon tournament on Thursday and defeated Frenchman Grégoire Barrère in three sets 6:3, 6:4 and 7:6 (7).

It took the winner less than two hours to advance to the third round. With that, the maple leaf athlete has somewhat made up for his recent underperformance on grass. Before that he was eliminated from the start in Stuttgart and in Halle in the round of 16.

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Shapovalov, ranked 29th professionally, led 18-5 in Assen and conceded 83% of the contested points on his opening serve. He scored a total of 45 win shots compared to 18 for the French player.

In the next phase, “Shapo” meets the Norwegian Casper Ruud, the fourth seed of the event, or the Brit Liam Broady, 178th in the ATP.

It goes through for Andreescu

Meanwhile, Canada’s Bianca Andreescu needed three sets to defeat Hungary’s Anna Bondar in the first round, winning 6-3 3-6 6-2.

After also waiting longer than expected to start the competition, the Season 50 Champion spent almost two hours on the grass field. She was able to resist at the right moment, saving 12 of the 14 break points she offered her opponent. The duel was close in terms of points won, with Andreescu reaching 83, one more than Bondar, ranked 110th in the world.

In the second round, Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina (26th) will try to topple the 2019 US Open winner.

Rebecca Marino is packing

Canada’s Rebecca Marino is over in the women’s singles after losing 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 to Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu in the first round.

The winner, who was ranked 30th in the world, had to wait a long time to enjoy the victory as the meeting had already started the day before. However, unfavorable weather conditions have made the organizers’ task considerably more difficult since the start of the competition.

Marino was ranked 83rd in the WTA, retiring after a fight that lasted 2 hours and 05 minutes. Her 45 unforced errors certainly hurt her cause, as did the five breaks from 11 goals against Begu.

The day before, another Canadian player, Carol Zhao, had also lowered her flag in the opening round.