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The All-Canadian matchup between Denis Shapovalov and Vasek Pospisil didn’t even last four games.

Pospisil’s back appears to have gone out on him (or perhaps he even felt it before the match, as he had five double faults in less than two service games before it became visible).

And the older Canadian had to retire at 3-0 in the first set.

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BNP Paribas Open
Location: Indian Wells, Calif.
Category: ATP Masters 1000 (joint event with the WTA Tour)
Dates: Oct. 5 – 17, 2021
Prize money: $9,146,125
Draws: S96 – D32

Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021
Final results

Singles, second round

[9] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) def. Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 30 retd

Tommy Paul (USA) def [28] Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 62 63
Frances Tiafoe (USA) def [32] Sebastian Korda (USA) 60 64

[1] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) def. Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 64 62
[4] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def. Carlos Taberner (ESP) 63 64 
[6] Casper Ruud (NOR) def. Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) 61 62
[8] Hubert Hurkacz (POL) def. Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 61 75
[11] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) def. [Q] Maxime Cressy (USA) 62 36 75
[15] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) def. Guido Pella (ARG) 75 63
[16] Reilly Opelka (USA) def. Taro Daniel (JPN) 75 63
[18] Daniel Evans (GBR) def Kei Nishikori (JPN) 46 63 64
[19] Aslan Karatsev (RUS) def. [Q] Salvatore Caruso (ITA) 60 62
[21] Cameron Norrie (GBR) def. Tennys Sandgren (USA) 64 57 60
[23] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) def Daniel Altmaier (GER) 64 62
[26] Lloyd Harris (RSA) def. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 63 63
[27] Filip Krajinovic (SRB) def. Marcos Giron (USA) 76 (2) 75 

Doubles, first round

Fabio Fognini / Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) def [3] Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 36 63 [10-8]
Simone Bolelli (ITA) / Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) def [4] Juan Sebastian Cabal / Robert Farah (COL) 26 63 [11-9]
Jan-Lennard Struff / Alexander Zverev (GER) def [6] Jamie Murray (GBR) / Bruno Soares (BRA) 64 64

[8] Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) def Cristian Garin (CHI) / Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) 67 (6) 75 [10-2]

[WC] John Isner / Jack Sock (USA) def. Daniel Evans / Neal Skupski (GBR) 63 64 
Tim Puetz (GER) / Michael Venus (NZL) def. Carlos Alcaraz / Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) 75 67 (5) [15-13]

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