Denis Shapovalov got Leo Borg to run from side to side. And after 38 minutes, the 23rd-ranked player had taken care of the first set.
Then something else happened.
The world player was shaken, acted stressed and showed his frustration by, among other things, throwing his racket.
The reason: 622nd-ranked Borg.
I have proven a lot to myself and I have proven to the Swedish people that I belong to the elite, he says to Aftonbladet.
The 22-year-old raised his game, turned 3–5 into a set win and took the eighth final in the Royal Tennis Hall to a third and decisive set.
There it started well but then quickly went downhill.
Shapovalov, who won the title in Stockholm in 2019, won six straight games and secured advancement to the quarterfinals.
It was tough. It's never easy to play your first match and Leo did well to stay in it. He played very well, especially in the end of the second set, says the Canadian to SVT.
For Leo Borg, it's therefore game over.
