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Denis Shapovalov accuses ATP of insulting him, won't let Washington decision lie in vehement rant
ATPSunday, 20 October 2024 at 11:59
Canada’s Denis Shapovalov still rues the verdict given by
the authorities in Washington earlier this year. The 25-year-old is going
through a difficult campaign where he has only won 17 matches out of
40.
His best performance this year came in an ATP event in
Washington, where he played in the quarterfinal against Ben Shelton.
However, that event turned out to be a disastrous one for the Tel Aviv-born
star, who was disqualified by the authorities after having an argument with a
fan in the crowd. The score at the time of the decision was 7-6, 6-6.
After that, Shapovalov appealed against the verdict, and ATP
admitted that the decision was wrong as the current world number 92 managed to
save his rating points. Shapovalov has been recently quoted in a report where
he stated that he still rues the decision and believes that the result changed
his season altogether as he arguably playing his best season in that
competition. He further stated that the decision stayed with him for the rest of
his season.
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“I am not happy with the result,” he said. “To me it was
wrong what happened. It was in an important moment of my season because finally
when I was playing good I had a good run and then this incident happened – it
killed my momentum. You could see in Montreal there was a lot of other focus
and I was not able my best tennis and it carried on to the US Open. It stayed
in my head. I was very upset. Even though I got the 100 points back from the
decision I lost all my price money. If you reduce the fine and the taxes they
sent me a check for a $154. It was kind of an insult to me. The ATP didn’t
admit they were wrong. You have players that did way, way worse than what I
have done and there were not big punishments. I was unlucky and I am still
upset that they did not admit their mistake. At that moment I did not want to
play tennis. But after Davis Cup it was better.”
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