One of a kind, Shapo is the future!
John McEnroe's golden years ended in late 1990s. It's been more than two decades since the tennis fraternity has seen a southpaw crushing single handed backhands. Born to Ukrainian mother and Russian father, Canadian Denis Shapovalov has traits of American tennis style in more ways than one. Big service, heavy forehands, rocket of a backhand and of course a not so great temper! Lets just say that the great Pete Sampras was an exception. When the 22 year old Canadian stepped on to the Centre Court against the greatest brit of all time Andy Murray, there were about 15 people rooting for Shapo in a fully packed Centre Court. Very few expected what was about to unfold. Denis Shapovalov was a slight favourite but the way he demolished Wimbledon's favourite son when all of 8000 brits were cheering for Murray for the entirety of 2 hours was something that nobody saw coming. As they say in England, he totally did Murray left, right and center, probably the most complete performanc...