Three Canadian men — Felix Auger-Aliassime, 20, Denis Shapovalov, 21, and Vasek Pospisil, 30 — are all into the fourth round of the U.S. Open for the first time. Nash, who was named head coach of the Brooklyn Nets this past week despite not having any head coaching experience, dribbled a tennis ball around the Santa Clara campus between classes. “Both Denis and Felix have big, big games,” Nash told ATP.com last September. Big, big groundstrokes. The Canadians are not only inspiring Nash, but a younger generation of athletes in their own country.

Source: Forbes September 06, 2020 13:07 UTC