MADRID, 24 (EUROPA PRESS)

This Thursday, the Italian team became the third semi-finalist of the 2022 Davis Cup Final which is being played at the José María Martín Carpena Sports Palace after winning 2-1 in their draw against the United States, while Canada He went to his appointment with his night victory (2-1) over Germany also using the doubles match.

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, 19th in the standings.

However, ‘Los Lorenzos’ got up and managed to take the game to the decisive double. Sonego won the duel against Tiafoe 6-3, 7-6(9) in a match in which he did not lose serve and in which he saved three set points in the second set. Musetti was less fortunate, who couldn’t beat Fritz, who in this case was the one who didn’t concede a serve and beat him 7-6(8), 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 against the experienced Jack Sock and Tommy Paul with a 6-4 double. Italy, in the semi-finals for the first time since 2014, will meet Canada for a place in the final.

The American team prevailed over Germany after midnight thanks to the third and final point of the double that Denis Shapovalov and Vasek Pospisil sealed against Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz 2-6, 6-3, 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 Jan-Lennard Struff’s victory over Shapovalov in an intense first point that reached the tie-break of the third set (6-3, 4 -6, 7-6 (2)). However, it was Felix Auger-Aliassime who secured the Canadian trump card with a solid victory (7-6(1), 6-4) over Oscar Otte afterwards.

Canada, who reached the Final 8 in Malaga after Russia were suspended despite losing to the Netherlands in the qualifying round, also started the doubles duel below. Shapovalov and Pospisil missed the first break points and the German duo were right to win the first set.

Again Krawietz and Puetz seemed to dodge the ‘break’ in the second set, until it happened in the fourth game. The income served Canada to tie the game and Shapovalov and Pospisil arrived well better in the tiebreaker, without suffering more from service, after a long day at Carpena.