Australia-Croatia and Italy-Canada, Davis Cup semi-finals - Davis Cup

Australia-Croatia and Italy-Canada, Davis Cup semi-finals – Davis Cup

Posted On: December 1, 2022

Australia against Croatia on Friday and Italy against Canada on Saturday, will be the semi-finals of the Davis Cup that take place in Malaga, where this Wednesday the quarter-finals were concluded. Australia, who eliminated the Netherlands, are in contention for their 29th title. He hadn’t reached the semifinals since 2017 and he hadn’t won the Salad Bowl since 2003.

Croatia, Davis’ world-ranking leader, are the current runners-up and were winners in 2018, last year with the previous alternate home and away format. He has two titles. Italy have only lifted one bowl, in 1976, and since 2014 they have not made the semi-finals. Canada was the last team to qualify, beating Germany 2-1. He is the only one who has never won the competition.

The semi-finals are locked?

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The good news for the organizers was one more day of the number of spectators at the Martín Carpena Sports Palace: the 9,486 on Wednesday when Spain played were not reached, but the 7,956 on Tuesday were exceeded and 8 786 spectators were recorded in the morning and 8,243 at night, the only day with a double session.

The Italy team became the third semi-finalists after winning 2-1 in their draw against the United States, while Canada went to their rendezvous with their night victory ( 2-1) over Germany using the doubles match as well.

Italy trumps USA

The Italians surely gave one of the first upsets of the quarter-finals after getting rid of the Americans without their two best players, Matteo Berrettini and Jannik Sinner, and facing world number nine Taylor Fritz. , and Frances Tiafoe, 19 in the rankings.

However, ‘Los Lorenzos’ got up and managed to take the game to the decisive double. sonego took the duel before Tiafoe by 6-3 and 7-6 (9) in a game where he didn’t lose serve and saved three set plays in the second quarter. he was less lucky Musetti, that he couldn’t with Fritz, that in this case it was the one who did not concede a service and who beat him for 7-6(8) and 6-3.

This allowed Martín Carpena’s stands to see a decisive double for the first time after the other two qualifiers did not need it. And Filippo Volandri’s men confirmed the surprise with a solemn victory for Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli in front of the experienced Jack Sock and Tommy Paul for a double 6-4. Italy, in the semi-finals for the first time since 2014, will meet Canada for a place in the final.

Canada beats Germany

The American team prevailed over Germany after 12 p.m. thanks to the third and final point of the double that Denis sealed Shapovalov and Vasek Pospisil in view of Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz by 2-6, 6-3 and 6-3. A comeback to crown the comeback Canada was forced to after losing the first point, if it wanted to maintain a new attempt at world championship.

Germany, away from the semi-finals for 30 years, had it in their hands after the triumph of Jan LennardStruff on Shapovalov in an intense first point that reached the ‘tie-break’ of the third set (6-3, 4-6 and 7-6(2)). However, Felix Auger-Aliassime was responsible for holding the Canadian round with a solid victory (7-6(1) and 6-4) below about Oscar Otte.