Denis Shapovalov of Canada plays a backhand against Roman Safiullin in the Men's Singles fourth round match during day seven of Wimbledon 2023 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 09, in London.Shaun Botterill/Getty Images
Canada’s Denis Shapovalov was ousted from the men’s draw at Wimbledon after suffering a fourth-round, four-set loss to Roman Safiullin of Russia on Sunday.
Safiullin, ranked 92nd in the world, downed Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill, Ont., 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 on the No. 2 Court at the All England Club.
The 26th-seeded Shapovalov committed 11 double faults and won just one of three break points.
Safiullin, who won 75 per cent of his first serves, made good on five of nine breakpoint opportunities.
Also Sunday, Leylah Fernandez, of Laval, Que., and American partner Taylor Townsend were eliminated from women’s doubles play after losing their second-round match 6-4, 7-6, 6-3 to Caroline Garcia of France and Luisa Stefani of Brazil.
Garcia also knocked Fernandez out of the women’s singles draw on Thursday.
Fernandez and Dutch partner Wesley Koolhof advanced to the second round in mixed doubles with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Angel Chan of Taiwan and Fabrice Martin of France on Sunday.
Fernandez and Koolhof will next play the British duo of Jonny O’Mara and Olivia Nicholls.
On Saturday, Canada’s Bianca Andreescu was ousted from Wimbledon women’s singles play in a third-round, three-set loss to Ons Jabeur of Tunisia.
Jabeur, last year’s Wimbledon finalist and this year’s sixth seed, downed Andreescu 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the round-of-16 at the grass-court tournament.
The unseeded Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., broke Jabeur in the third set to lead 3-1. But Jabeur broke back to trail 3-2 before rain interrupted a match already delayed because of weather. When play resumed with the roof deployed over Centre Court, Jabeur held serve to draw even at 3-3. The 28-year-old Tunisian broke Andreescu again to lead 5-4 and serve for the match.
Reaching Wimbledon’s third round marked the 23-year-old Andreescu’s best showing at the All-England Club since her debut in 2017.