He is 22 years old, beat Berrettini in Phoenix and trains with Becker’s former coach: “Tennis is my job, but I spend hours at the console. How many? Better not say…”
You say Shevchenko and think: “Ah, it will be Andriy’s son.” No, he has nothing to do with it. This is Alexander Shevchenko, a 22-year-old Russian from Rostov-on-Don who this year has already sent Matteo Berrettini into a tailspin in Arizona (the one from “Take me off the pitch, I’m unwatchable”) and who cornered Daniil Medvedev in Montecarlo, forcing him to third set not at all obvious. Tonight, not before 20.30 and rain permitting, he will face Jannik Sinner in the third round of the Internationals, on an all-Italian Central.