Denis Shapovalov and Lorenzo Sonego played a tense match in Rome on Monday. Eventually, the Canadian player won the contest in 3 sets. However, something uncharacteristic happened during the second set.

The penalty point

Shapovalov was serving when the scoreline was 7-6 3-4 40-40. He committed a double fault, but he wasn’t convinced by the mark. Unfortunately, Denis had the bad idea of crossing the net to show what he believed was the right mark. That prompted an automatic penalty point, and therefore he lost the game.

Denis also lost his cool when he asked for the supervisor. The Italian crowd was heavily booing Shapovalov, who shouted at the top of his lungs at the fans, “shut the f*ck up.”

Eventually, after the match, Denis apologized to the chair umpire, saying that he understood he was just applying the rules.

Shapovalov in Rome, ranking, and results in 2022

Ranked no.16, the Canadian has an overall 14-8 record in 2022. Shapovalov is currently having a run in Rome where he overcame Lorenzo Sonego 7-6⁵ 3-6 6-3.

Denis Shapovalov will come up against the world no.25 Nikoloz Basilashvili in the 2^nd

round on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on COURT 1. Their current record is 2-0 for Basilashvili.

Lorenzo Sonego in 2022

Now ranked no.28, Lorenzo played his last match on the 9^th of May when he capitulated to world no.16 Denis Shapovalov 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3 in the 1^st round in Rome (draw).

Presently, during this year Lorenzo achieved a 10-13 record. Lorenzo Sonego’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Buenos Aires.

Denis Shapovalov and Lorenzo Sonego clashed against each other just on 1 occasion. Their current record is 1-0 for Shapovalov. When they played, Denis Shapovalov won 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3 in the 1^st round in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) on the 9^th of May 2022.