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" It's crazy how it is. I mean, I go from being not known to, you know, being so known in the tennis world, in Canada in general. "

Denis Shapovalov

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" I learned a lot from observing Wayne at the Rogers Cup. He was offered a cart across the grounds, but he wouldn't take it; he walked and stopped and signed autographs for people, and I thought that was amazing. "

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" There are a lot of very good juniors who have a very high level, but mentally, they're not quite there yet. "

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" I remember hitting the ball, and I didn't even realise where it went, and then I turned over, and I see the official bending down holding his eye. "

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" A lot of it's mental - a lot of the juniors, once you break them or change the momentum, they go away very quickly. "

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" I learned to absolutely love the feeling of winning a tough match on a tough point or figuring out how to come back when I was down and win ugly. Walking off the court with a W just made me so happy. "

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" I can remember watching Federer win Grand Slams on TV when I was a kid trying to put myself in his shoes. "

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" I always dreamed of playing a night match on Arthur Ashe Stadium. It's a dream come true for me. "

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" Unfortunately, I had to pull out of Vancouver. I'm really sorry; I didn't expect to go this far in Rogers Cup, and I just wanted to say, just apologize. "

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" Sascha is an unbelievable player; he's going to be a champion. Hopefully, I can get there one day. Hopefully, I can get to his level. I mean, he's still better than me. But I'll keep working hard, and hopefully we could start a little bit of a rivalry. "

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" Those five Rogers Cup matches were physically tough, and there were late nights, up until 2 or 3 A.M. - how could I fall to sleep after beating some of my heroes? "

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" In the head of the moment after losing a game, I lost the control of my emotions and hit the ball with an intention of hitting out of the court. Unfortunately and absolutely unintentionally I hit Mr. Arnaud Gabas, the chair umpire. "

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" I go from being not known to being so known in the tennis world, in Canada in general. It's going to be a little bit of a change to me. I'm going to have to adapt. But that doesn't change things. I still have to work really hard every day. "

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" I've kind of seen that I'm capable to push these guys. "

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" Obviously, it's tough - missing my parents, family in general - but I'm getting used to it. It's the life, and hopefully I'll get some time to go home maybe for a week or a bit to catch up on things. "

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