MIAMI—Richmond Hill native Denis Shapovalov advanced to the third round of the Miami Open while Serena Williams made another sudden tournament exit, this time blaming a previously undisclosed left knee injury. Williams had showed no signs of injury while winning her opening match a day earlier against Rebecca Peterson, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1. Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill dropped the first set of his match on Saturday, but won 12 of 16 games over the final two sets in his 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 second-round win against Daniel Evans, of Great Britain, at the Miami Open. “It was an amazing experience to play at Hard Rock Stadium this year, and I would like to thank the Miami Open for putting on an amazing event. Article Continued BelowShapovalov will play either ninth-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia or Russian qualifier Andrey Rublev in the third round.

Source: thestar March 24, 2019 00:00 UTC