Canadians Felix Auger-Aliassime and Vasek Pospisil were imposed on the Spanish couple formed by Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martinez 4-6, 6-4 and 7-5, after coming back in a great game that gave Team North America the win and forces Spain to beat South Korea next Sunday qualify for the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga.

The Spanish duo could not have started the decisive match of this confrontation better, which immediately broke the service of Félix Auger-Aliassime, still hungover after his spectacular victory against Carlos Alcaraz just half an hour before.

The first income obtained by the Spanish team was enough to decide the fate of the first set, since Granollers and Martínez showed very solid with his service and they gave their opponents no choice.

The Canadians took note of what happened so as not to make any mistakes at the start of the second set and refined their serve. Spain, with Granollers giving a clinic on how to play the net and Martínez very sober in all facets of the game, didn’t make any concessions either.

Spain pushed in the ninth game on Pospisil’s serve and two consecutive big points from Pedro Martínez created the first break point of the second set, but Pospisil solved it. pull out their best repertoire at the service.

The pressure has passed on the Spanish side. Granollers served to stay in the game but the Canadians took advantage of the Spaniard’s doubts and in the first option they had, a direct return from Auger-Aliassime leveled the game against the cacophony of the Canadian bench.

The decisive set began and Carlos Alcaraz appeared on the Spanish bench to encourage his teammates. Once again Spain did damage to Auger-Aliassime’s serve. A fine point from Pedro Martínez put the Hispanic pair with two break points and Granollers took advantage of the first of them from the net to gain an advantage that would consolidate the Valencian on serve (4-2).

However, the Spaniards’ pulse quivered to close out the game and Canada earned the break when Pedro Martínez served to win. At 5-5, it was now Team North America who saw victory come one step closer after the emotional injection that staying in the game meant. Pospisil did not fail to serve and finished Spain with a new break.