Canada’s Denis Shapovalov advances to Mifel Tennis Open quarterfinals

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Canada’s Denis Shapovalov cruised past American Govind Nanda 6-1, 6-2 on Wednesday in second-round action at the Mifel Tennis Open in Los Cabos, Mexico.

Richmond Hill, Ont., native cruises to 6-1, 6-2 win over American Govind Nanda

A male tennis player wearing a hat plays a forehand with the racket in his left hand.
Denis Shapovalov, shown in this file photo, scored a straight-sets win over Govind Nanda of the U.S. on Wednesday at the Mifel Tennis Open in Los Cabos, Mexico. (Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Canada’s Denis Shapovalov cruised past American Govind Nanda 6-1, 6-2 on Wednesday in second-round action at the Mifel Tennis Open in Los Cabos, Mexico.

Shapovalov had four aces to three double faults in the match, which lasted just one hour.

The Richmond Hill, Ont., native also broke on five of his seven chances and won 73 per cent of his first-serve points.

Nanda had one ace and one double fault, winning 57 per cent of his first-serve points.

He only broke once out of four opportunities.

The third-seeded Shapovalov will face the winner of Australia’s Tristan Schoolkate and Germany’s Daniel Altmaier in the quarterfinals.

With files from The Associated Press

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