Advantage to Shapovalov courtrsy of a serve out wide.

Oh! What a rally! Shapovalov is defending as much as he can, sent flying from side to side by Nadal, who keeps thudding shots at him before eventually smashing a winner away.

Lovely. Deuce.

Shapovalov gets himself to a 30-0 lead and then squanders it with a pair of errors.

Nadal sends a return long to give Shapovalov hope of a hold, but a thunderous strike down the line from Nadal sends us to deuce.

Denis Shapovalov has won just one of his four meetings against Rafael Nadal.

After Shapovalov's memorable victory in Montreal the two have met twice on clay and once on an indoor hard court, with Nadal winning all three.

Their last meeting was at the Rome Masters in 2021, with Nadal overturning a first-set deficit to come through 3-6 6-4 7-6 (7-3).

Shapovalov decides to change his racquet after blasting yet another forehand long.

It suits him a little better as he makes a cracking return of serve to wrongfoot Nadal, but Shapovalov's forehand still isn't working to his liking, and Nadal hammers a winner to hold to 15.

Victory in Melbourne would take Rafael Nadal to a men's record 21st Grand Slam title.

He has dropped just one set on his way to the quarter-finals, which came against Karen Khachanov in the third round.

His fourth-round match against Adrian Mannarino featured a 28-minute first-set tie-break, with Nadal eventually clinching it with his seventh set point.

He had an easier time of it from then on against the Frenchman, coming through 7-6 (16-14) 6-2 6-2.

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And Nadal, naturally, only needs one!

Shapovalov goes for another big forehand winner and sends it long once again. That was an ugly service game from the Canadian.

Shot! Nadal unfurls a glorious forehand winner up the line to get the first point on Shapovalov's serve.

Shapovalov sends a wayward forehand well long for 0-30 and then another miss as he shapes to go cross-court hands Nadal three early break points...

Denis Shapovalov upset third seed Alexander Zverev in the fourth round to book his meeting with Rafael Nadal.

Shapovalov was the far better player as he registered a 6-3 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 win over one of the pre-tournament favourites.

He beat 23rd seed Reilly Opelka in the third round after a real battle against Kwon Soon-woo in the second.

The first three sets went to tie-breaks, with Kwon winning the second and third, before Shapovalov found a way through.

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Good work from Shapovalov, nipping up to the net and volleying away a winner with Nadal stranded in the corner of the court.

That's the only sniff he's going to get, though, as Nadal produces a superb volley of his own for 40-15, and a big first serve wraps up a hold.

A nice one-two punch gets Denis Shapovalov to a 40-15 lead, and he holds with his first ace of the match.

As a nine-year-old, Denis Shapovalov was a mascot at the Rogers Cup, which is Canada's biggest tennis tournament.

He met Rafael Nadal who, 10 years later, he would go on to beat on a thrilling night in Montreal.

Shapovalov was ranked outside the top 100 when he toppled world number two Nadal 3-6 6-4 7-6 (7-4) in a match that lasted almost three hours.

It was Shapovalov's first meeting with a top-10 player and he went on to reach the semi-finals, where he lost to eventual champion Alexander Zverev.

Rafa Nadal gets himself up and running with a quick hold to 15.

Rafael Nadal is bidding for a 21st Grand Slam title and his first at the Australian Open since 2009.

In his way is Denis Shapovalov, who stunned third seed Alexander Zverev in the previous round.

Nadal will serve first. Let's go.

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