2016 Junior Roland Garros: Canada shows its full potential with 3 players in the last 8! Shapovalov beats Kecmanovic

It was a busy day in boy’s section at Roland Garros, with some of the most promising youngsters in the action over the 2nd and 3rd rounds, completing the quarter-final field. First of all, we had to mention the weird policy of Roland Garros organizers to not showing the junior matches, turning the cameras off when they are on the courts, so we are constantly missing the clashes of the future candidates for the biggest tennis titles, which is not the case at other 3 Slams! Without video footage, we must concentrate purely on the results and numbers and here are the most interesting things that have happened today. First of all, 3 matches of the second round were left to be finished, meaning that the winners of them were required to play again their 3rd round duels later on. The weather stayed fine so all 11 encounters were concluded, as we have a very impressive quarter-final line-up. Junior world number 1 Stefanos Tsitsipas, Corentin Moutet, and Nicola Kuhn were the last players who booked their third round spots earlier today, and Kuhn, the youngest of them, was most impressive, sending out the 6th seed Alex De Minaur who is in very fine form this spring on clay, as he trains and plays in Spain, just like Kuhn (he formerly played for Germany but will continue his career under the Spanish flag).

The match between Miomir Kecmanovic and Denis Shapovalov was highly anticipated since the draw came out, as the best 3rd round clash. In the end, Shapovalov won it 5-7 6-3 6-2, staying on the course for his biggest junior success. After early breaks both players have settled into a nice rhythm on serve, holding easily in the next few games to set up an interesting enclosure of the opening set. Kecmanovic broke in game 11 and he brought the set home on own serve after that, saving 2 break points in that final game. Shapovalov, who …

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