Canada’s Denis Shapovalov defeated Russia’s Roman Safiulin in the second round of the tournament in Adelaide, Australia on Thursday and has a quarter-final clash with Serbian Novak Djokovic on his agenda.

Shapovalov, seventh seeded and 18th player in the world, easily defeated Safiulin 6-4, 6-3 from qualifying to finish 88th in the ATP rankings.

The meeting lasted 1h21.

The 23-year-old Ontarer hit seven aces in this duel and committed two double faults.

In addition, “Shapo” only conceded a break point to his competitor, which he unfortunately could not save.

On the other hand, the Canadian offered eleven chances to break his opponent’s serve and took four chances.

Lightning fast Fernandez

For her part, Quebec’s Leylah Fernandez didn’t drag the field by inflicting a straight-set correction 6-0, 6-1 on Austria’s Julia Grabher in the second round of the Auckland tournament in New Zealand. .

Fernandez, the tournament’s third seed, needed just 45 minutes to get past her rival.

In the quarterfinals, the Quebecer meets Belgium’s Ysaline Bonaventure, who defeated Canadian 8th seed Rebecca Marino in the second round 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

This face-to-face duel takes place on Thursday night, hours before Fernandez must return to the field to play the women’s doubles semifinals. On Friday morning, the Lavalloise and her teammate Bethanie Mattek-Sands will cross swords with Chang Yung-jan and Alexa Guarachi.