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Canada’s Shapovalov upset by Denmark’s Rune in first round of French Open

May 24, 2022 | 6:20 AM

PARIS — Canada’s Denis Shapovalov has been bounced from the French Open.

The product of Richmond Hill, Ont., lost to Denmark’s Holger Rune 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (4) in the Grand Slam tournament’s first round.

Shapovalov was the 14th seed headed into the clay-court event and Rune was unseeded.

It was the first time the 23-year-old Shapovalov played the 19-year-old Rune, who is ranked 40th in the world.