Canadian Champion – Sports – ANSA Latina

Ansamed – November 27 – Canada beat Australia 2-0 in the final of the 110th Davis Cup and won its first historic title in the traditional tennis tournament.
Denis Shapovalov, ranked 18th in the world, added the first point by defeating Thanaki Kokkinakis (95) 6-2, 6-4, while Felix Auger-Aliassime (6) unleashed the Canadian team by defeating Alex in the second round de Minaur (24). By 6-3 and 6-4.
Canada, which only reached the final in 2019 (losing to Spain), qualified for the deciding duel by beating Italy 2-1 the day before, always at the José María Martín Carpena Sports Palace in Málaga, home of the final stage of the tournament. Competition.
“We grew up together in Canada from the age of seven or eight, dreaming of playing in the most important tournaments and winning these kind of matches and winning the Davis Cup,” Auger-Aliassime said.
The team, which lost 4-0 to the Netherlands in the preliminary round, but entered the final stage with a “wild card” after Russia was eliminated following the invasion of Ukraine, added: “This is truly a wonderful moment.”
The team led by Frank Dancević, which also included veteran Vasek Pospisil, whose 12th presence at the tournament since 2008 was cemented, also capped off a year that began by winning the ATP Cup in Australia in January.
Australia, which reached the title definition after defeating Croatia 2-1, is the second most winning team in the competition with 28 titles, four fewer than the United States, which lost in the quarter-finals to Italy. (I forget).