Denis Shapovalov’s remarks about how he looked up to Roger Federer when he was a kid got a lot of play last week at the Miami Open.
The fact that the 19-year-old was to play Federer in the semifinals had everything to do with that.
But in that same press conference, the Canadian teen expounded on the influence that all three members of the “Big Three” had on him growing up.
He looked at all of their games with an analytical eye.
And Shapovalov has tried to take something from all of them, and emulate it on the court.
Here are his thoughts on each of them.
On Federer:
On Djokovic:
On Nadal:
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