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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? "

Denis Shapovalov

Tough

Sleep

Late

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Remember

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" 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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Now

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

" 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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Start

Better

" Maybe for a guy like Zverev or Federer, you could say it's open a bit. For a guy like me, every match is tough, and I'm going to have to battle it out. "

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

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Compete

Get

" Every week, it's always something memorable. "

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

" I'm playing Kyle Edmund, who is so solid. He's an unbelievable player. He goes for his shots. He's not afraid to take it to the guy. "

" 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. "

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Top

" 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'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. "

" I live to be in these matches. "

Denis Shapovalov

Live

Matches

" 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. "

Denis Shapovalov

World

Work

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

" 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. "

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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. "