The North Americans secured their first trophy in the competition after beating Australia in the final.
On this Sunday day, Denis Shapovalov And Felix Auger-Aliassime they managed to win the Davis Cup For Canada. Both tennis players have won victories in their matches and the series against Australia It was left to the Americans.
In the first round, Shapovalov dispatched Kokkinakis in straight sets, with partials 6-2 and 6-4. The Canadian took advantage of break points in the first set and the same thing happened in the second. In addition, he was firm on the serve to maintain the advantage.
On the other hand, Auger-Aliassime was under pressure, because a victory for him allowed Canada to reach the podium. However, the tennis player was not nervous and also won his match on his way to the Salad Bowl.
In what looked like a tough save against De MiƱaur, the ATP ranked number 6 held the match, also in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4. In this way, Canada closed its participation in the year 2022 with the title long awaited by all the teams.
The level of the Canadians has started to rise in recent years, although they have always had top tennis players like Milos Raonic. On this occasion, with a top ten in the team, they won the Davis Cup for the first time in their history.
Australia had just beaten Croatia in the previous instance, and Canada did the same against Italy. The road to the final was tough and there were two battles on Sunday that ended in happy endings for the Americans.
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