Felix Auger-Aliassim gained the ATP Cup title for Canada on Sunday with a 7-6(3), 6-3 singles victory over Roberto Bautista Agut to provide his nation an unassailable 2-0 lead towards Spain.
Denis Shapovalov opened the match for Canada with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Pablo Carreno Busta.
Auger-Aliasime and Shapovalov defeated defending champions within the semifinal on Saturday within the deciding doubles towards Russia. And with the title on the road, he performed his finest tennis to beat two-time finalist Spain.
I @felixtennisAccepting the reward!
World No. 11 defeated Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6(3), 6-3 to win the title #ATPCup trophy for #teamcanada I pic.twitter.com/jz7TACf3t9
— ATPCup (@ATPCup) 9 January 2022
“The feelings are unbelievable,” Auger-Aliasim mentioned on the ATP web site. “There isn’t any higher feeling than successful. We left every little thing there. We got here again from a great distance dropping our first 4 matches on this competitors. But we by no means stopped believing.”
Felix Auger-Aliasime, left and Denis Shapovalov of Canada react throughout their match win towards Russia’s Daniil Medvedev and Roman Safiulin throughout a semi-final match on the ATP Cup tennis event in Sydney, Saturday, January 8, 2022. (AP photograph/Steve Christo)
Auger-Aliassime saved 10 of the 11 break factors he confronted and had 15 aces.
Shapovalov had misplaced 4 of his final 5 matches towards Kareno Busta.
“Couldn’t have wished for a better start. If it wasn’t for Dennis in the last two days, we wouldn’t be here now,” Auger-Aliassim mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
