Denis Shapovalov is grabbing the media’s attention after reaching a historical semi-final in Wimbledon where he will face the great Novak Djokovic. Denis Shapovalov’s family has an interesting story.
Shapovalov’s mother, Tessa
Shapovalov’s career has been heavily influenced by his mother, Tessa who owns a Tennis Academy in Canada. Denis’ family moved from the Soviet Union to Israel in the 90s. However, they decided to emigrate again from Israel to Canada when Denis was just 1.
“We decided to move to Toronto before Denis was one because it was too dangerous to continue living in Israel,” said Tessa.
Now the world no.12, Denis has a composed 22-13 match record in 2021. The Canadian is competing in Wimbledon where he bested Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4 4-6 6-3 5-7 6-4
, Pablo Andujar w/o, Andy Murray 6-4 6-2 6-2, Roberto Bautista Agut 6-1 6-3 7-5 and Karen Khachanov 6-4 3-6 5-7 6-1 6-4.Denis Shapovalov will square off with the world no.1 Novak Djokovic in the semifinal on Friday at 4:30 pm on Centre Court. Their actual head to head record is 6-0 for Djokovic.
Denis got to the final in Geneva (Gonet Geneva Open).