Denis Shapovalov had high expectations ahead of his 2^nd round clash against Juan Martin Del Potro. Denis played fantastic tennis against Dutra Silva in the 1^st round and the Canadian was hoping to defeat Juan Martin again in Auckland after he beaten him in Montreal last year.

Things didn’t go that well for Denis that lost 6-2 6-4.

Why I lost to Del Potro. SHAPOVALOV

The 18-year-old wasn’t depressed after losing to the Argentine. On the contrary, he had a good analysis of his match to say

“My game is always to go for my shots. But there’s always a limit and that’s always been a case when I was growing up that I would go for too much.

There was a bit of calming myself, getting into longer rallies. It’s always something I’ve battled, but today in a big match like this I was excited and going for a bit too much at certain points.

Against a guy like Del Potro, you don’t need to make many mistakes to get broken.”

Talking about his future, Denis added

“So, it’s going to be a lot of work, it’s not going to happen overnight. I’m still going to hit the gym and the tennis court every day and keep working hard.”

That’s a good mentality. Still… long way to go, the guy is ranked “only” number 50… for the moment.