Denis Shapovalov reveals injury behind Wimbledon exit, poor season

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Denis Shapovalov reveals injury that led to bad season Wimbledon exit (Supplied by Tennis World USA)

Denis Shapovalov says he will have to make decisions after feeling a lot of pain and discomfort in his Wimbledon Round of 16 match against Roman Safiullin due to his knee injury. On Sunday, Safiullin handed Shapovalov a 3-6 6-3 6-1 6-3 loss at Wimbledon.

At the start of his post-match press conference, Shapovalov said he wasn’t taking anything away from Safiullin, but his knee made it nearly impossible for him to play in the final sets. Additionally, Shapovalov revealed that he was considering taking a break from tennis ahead of Roland Garros but decided to continue after being told by doctors that he would not do further knee damage if he continued playing.

All in all, it’s been a very difficult season for Shapovalov, who hasn’t had much success.

Shapovalov on how long he would be out if he took a break

“Yeah, I think the minimum would be two months. Yeah, I mean hopefully no surgery.

Obviously with surgery it would be much longer, but I would say the minimum would be two months. Yeah, I don’t really know. After today, it’s a bit difficult. Pretty big setback. Towards the end of the game, I couldn’t even walk let alone play,” Shapovalov said. When asked what exactly the problem was with his knee, Shapovalov wouldn’t reveal it.

But Shapovalov said after what happened at Wimbledon he would definitely need to think about his next move. “Yeah, this is probably the worst in a long time. Yeah, I need to speak with the team. I need to try to see other specialists and see what I can do.

But I think I retained enough points to make the third round of the Frenchman, the fourth round here. So maybe it’s a good time to take a break, try to fix this problem and come back for the fall. But again, I would miss a major part of the season that I love to play, which takes place in North America. So yes, it’s difficult, but unfortunately it’s our life (smile),” Shapovalov said.

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