Radu Albot (107 ATP) and Denis Shapovalov (26th favorite) meet in the first round of Wimbledon, and the Moldovan athlete upset his opponent at the end of the first set.

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Rada Albot annoyed Denis Shapovalov: “It’s a joke that he jumps like that, it’s not tennis”

Entering the main draw after qualifying, Elbot outplayed Shapovalov several times, and the Canadian committed 6 double faults in the first hour of play.

One of them became decisive: Radu made a break in overtime of the first set, and then closed the set with his serve, the score 7-5.

“He jumps like that, I mean it’s a joke, nobody does that, it’s a funny joke. I’ll start doing the same and then we can have a party here.

I mean it’s not fair, it’s not tennis. The only purpose is to distract me, it just gets in the way,” Shapovalov told the chief judge.

Radu led with a break in the second set as well, but Denys leveled the score (2-2), and the match was interrupted on Monday due to darkness. Then the match was postponed due to rain and will continue on Wednesday at 14:30.

Know:

  • At the age of 24, Denis Shapovalov achieved his best Grand Slam result at Wimbledon: the semifinals in 2021.
  • The winner of the match between Albot and Shapovalov will face the winner of the match between South Africa’s Lloyd Harris (208 ATP) and France’s Gregoire Barrer (49 ATP) in the next round.

Wimbledon 2023 will take place from July 3 to 16, and HotNews.ro will keep you updated every day with the latest information from the All England Club.