Alright now I get that most of you guys following tennis are already digging Denis Shapovalov, but I’m sorry to say that he has failed to impress me, not one bit. I mean look at him…

The dude looks like an alcoholic blonde from Vegas who smokes 8 cigarettes a day. And that is a fact you cannot deny, good reader.

Now I don’t like this Shapo kid for many reasons but I’ll list the 3 main reasons that I don’t think this kid is going to be the leader of the #NextGen.

He plays a very high-risk game.

Ok, I get it. Not everyone can be Federer. But you know you got a problem when you play like Federer but can’t make 3-4 shots in a row. That’s where Shapovalov is at. In his match vs Tsitsipas, he made way too many unforced errors against a quite frankly inferior opponent. Obviously, grinding is boring but come on now, even fed tried and failed to be offensive on clay. Gotta have a different strategy besides just bashing the ball… like my boi Thiem.

His one-handed backhand is dog shit.

This might be a tad controversial but hear me out. A majority of his shanks and errors come from his backhand. There is a reason people use two-handed backhands these days. It’s because they are much more effective. Especially being a lefty, righties like my boy Ryan Harrison will feed on that one-handed. Topspin to the backhand all day baby. Who does he think he is, Gustavo Kuerten?

He’s Canadian.

Well, this was a point I needed to address. Denis is a Canadian and Canadians are just way to damn nice. I mean, come on now, they apologize for everything. He can’t just hit a stunning forehand and then apologize for it. Where is the fun in that?

In conclusion, Denis needs to step his game up. Because if he doesn’t start hitting more umpires, his career is going to go down the drain.