Felix Auger-Aliassime received each his singles and doubles matches in a 2-1 comeback victory over Italy on Saturday to take Canada to its second ever Davis Cup ultimate.
The 22-year-old Auger-Aliassime, whose 4 profession titles have come this yr, will goal to finish the season by serving to Canada win its first Davis Cup title after they face Australia on Sunday. Lorenzo Sonego beat Denis Shapovalov 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 6-4 in Malaga, Spain, to steer Italy to 9,000 spectators.
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Auger-Aliassime defeated Lorenzo Musetti 6–3, 6–4 to ship the Canadians degree in doubles. Auger-Aliassime, seeded sixth, teamed up with Vasek Pospisil to beat Matteo Berretini and Fabio Fognini 7-6(2), 7-5. Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov and Pospisil have been all on the Canada crew that misplaced to Spain within the 2019 ultimate.
Canada entered the match this yr as a wild card to switch defending champion Russia, which was suspended as a result of invasion of Ukraine. Italy has not reached the ultimate since 1998. The Italians’ solely title got here in 1976.
On Friday, Australia rallied to beat Croatia to achieve their first ultimate since 2003, after they received their twenty eighth title.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
