Rob Shaw picked up his first profession Paralympic match win on Saturday on the 2024 Summer season Paralympics in Paris, simply defeating Brazil’s Ymanitu Silva in straight units.
In his second look on the Paralympics following a first-round loss at Tokyo 2020, Shaw dominated his Brazilian opponent in Paris, getting off to fast begins in each units and by no means trying again as he superior to the quarter-finals of the quad singles with a 6-2, 6-1 win.
It was a crisp efficiency from the Canadian, who had 26 groundstroke winners and 25 service winners. He additionally had solely seven errors within the match, only one unforced, whereas Silva dedicated 27.
Shaw got here blazing out of the gate, firing three winners in his first return recreation to interrupt for a 2-0 lead. He gained 16 of the primary 19 factors within the match to race forward a double break at 4-0 earlier than Silva was capable of break and get on the board.
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Whereas the Brazilian obtained the primary break again, he was by no means capable of catch up within the opening set. Then when serving to remain in it at 2-5, he double-faulted to offer Shaw a set level the place the Canadian closed it out with a backhand winner.
The second set adopted almost the identical script, with Shaw once more breaking twice to open the set on a four-game run. Identical to the primary, Silva broke to finish the run within the fifth recreation however this time, the Canadian instantly broke again. Shaw gained all the Brazilian’s service video games within the second set and managed to serve out the win within the seventh recreation with back-to-back winners.
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Shaw faces a giant problem within the final eight in Paris as he’ll conflict with world No. 2 Niels Vink for a spot within the semifinals.
