What is
it about Denis Shapovalov?
That,
at 18, (he won’t be 19 until April, by the way) he is excelling at arguably the
most amazing mass-market solo sport imaginable: Men’s Single Tennis.
That he
does it while wearing his goofy teenage identity; What me? A star? Nah, let’s
go get some grilled cheese and craft root beer, or maybe a cream soda, and talk
about anything but that.
On
anyone else that backward sweat cap, with the gappy extension band square in
the forehead middle, would look ridiculous and W-A-A-A-Y pretentious. On Shap,
it looks just right.
That he’s
a Canadian. Can’t you see him asking these bears to leave his property …. http://bit.ly/2yKWOhp ?
That he’s
now a regular court catch on the Tennis Channel. If he’s playing, I place the
set on mute and watch. And, yeah, all these thoughts that I’ve just put down
come into my head as I smile with the vanishing of my worries, if only for as
long as he is playing the sport that demands power, touch and intelligence in
equal measure … at 18 years old !!
Next: Running
for Your Life: After the Half !
