Denis Shapovalov Heckled, Wants Tennis To Crack Down On Hecklers
First it was the NBA; now it’s tennis. Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov wants the sport to crack down on hecklers after he was irritated by a spectator at the Italian Open Monday. During the second set of his 7-6 3-6 6-3 victory over Italian Lorenzo Sonego in Rome, Shapovalov crossed the net to show the umpire a ball marking, which earned him a point penalty and boos from the crowd. He eventually told a fan to “shut the f— up.” “He was just telling me to get off the court, get out of there, waving me off the court,” Shapovalov said at a press conference. “Trying to obviously get under m...