Denis determined to give Canada a reason to cheer

NEW YORK - Eighteenyear-old Denis Shapovalov wants hockey-loving Canada to embrace tennis and hopes that after his star-making run at the US Open, youngsters there will think twice before getting on the ice.

"My goal is to raise the level of Canadian tennis and have more kids pick up a racket instead of a hockey stick," Shapovalov, who was born to Russian parents in Tel Aviv, Israel, said after his fourth round loss to Pablo Carreno Busta on Sunday.

"I think I have definitely helped to do that, and hopefully I can keep doing it."