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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. "

Denis Shapovalov

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" I'm fit, but I need to get even more fit to compete with these guys every week. "

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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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" 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. "

" 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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" Everything is so much more stacked than it was even five or 10 years ago. There are so many more good players, so many solid players. The level doesn't really drop from around 100-500. It's really tough to make it, but I just have to work as hard as possible. "

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

" 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. "

" I wasn't a kid who won every tournament I was playing, and I think that helped me - it motivated me a lot to know what it felt like not to win. "

" Once it's over and you understand what's going on, it's a shame. You want to win three sets. "

" If I commit to pros, I really got to stick to it, and I think it was a good decision. "

" I'm trying to be a Leafs fan, but... Hopefully, in a couple of years, they might be good. "

" I'm getting my confidence and momentum, and I'm playing free and playing loose. "

" 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? "

" I've had several tough matches. Just getting through it every day, it's really motivating. "

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

" Every win that I've been going through, it's been securing anyone's doubts or even my own doubts about whether I belong with these guys, playing these high-level tournaments. "

" I've never hurt a single person in my whole life - never even wanted to hurt someone. "

" I kind of learned that it's never over until it's over in tennis. "

" For me, it's more important to bring my level up and make sure that I can compete against guys in the top 100 and top 50 instead of maybe being 120 or 130 and not being able to compete with those guys. "

Denis Shapovalov

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" I learned that deep within myself, if I fight to the end, I can always find a way to win. "

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

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

" I don't get nervous anymore. The first couple times I met Roger Federer, or Grigor Dimitrov, I was a little nervous. But now, it's more natural. "

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" I'm trying to stay humble because if I don't keep producing results, all of this goes away, so I want to focus on the people close to me - my family and my team; they mean everything to me. "