Duo Shapovalov-Pospisil opens semi-final gate to Canada

this The result for the maple leaf team was 2-1, He said he has never won the Davis Cup and will face Italy for a place in the final on Saturday.

Shapovalov was the protagonist of the thick and weak draw, first losing his individual match to Jan-Lennard Struff, who was a dangerous player on hard courts but now loses in 152nd place (18th Canadian) and then presents his best face in the decisive moments of the doubles match.

In the decisive match, the Canadians served twice in the first set, in Pospisil’s turn, but it was Shapovalov’s hasty moves in the net that determined the result.

The North American couple were the first to break the second set 3-1 on Krawietz’s serve just as the game clock was about to expire. The Germans had only one opportunity to get him back, and they did not approve of it.

The Canadian victory took decisive shape with Krawietz’s serve’s new assignment (2-1). But The Canadian duo didn’t stop there: With 5-3, an outstanding comeback from Shapovalov led to an irreversible 0-40 for the hitherto undefeated Germans.

Before you open your tie, Struff defeated Shapovalov 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (2), giving Germany the first point. The German rider endured the ups and downs of his game and mood, angering his own mistakes and confusing the stands on a track made specifically for his ultra-fast surface.

In the tiebreak for the third, the initiative was always Struff, who signed four points in a row and closed the game.

Then, Felix Auger-Aliassime, the 6th player with the best ranking of those competing in the final stage in Malaga, jumped onto the field. He defeated the German Oscar Otte with more than enough difficulty. 7-6 (1) and 6-4. Thus, they left the draw at 1-1.

The Canadian started his game insecure, knew he couldn’t lose, and didn’t manage to bend the world number 65 racket until the tiebreak, which he had beaten once in Florence this year.

They showed that they really excelled at the tie-break and that was reflected in the final 7-1.

That didn’t make him win on a regular basis, and in just game seven, he broke Otte’s serve for the first time this season for Davis, who has yet to win a game in that competition.

Canadian confirmed bankruptcy with great difficultyhowever, in his next serve, he closed the match with a clean game.

Later, after thanking his team for their support, he commented, “Any player in the Top 50 can be dangerous at any time,” adding: “I was on the track, but that was everybody’s business.”

Germany and Canada had never met in the Davis Cup, which the Germans won three times, the last one in 1993, and the Canadians had never met.

Absence due to injury Alexander Zverev It placed the Germans as the team with the worst odds at this final stage, the only team in the world to have no players in the top 60.

Davis will play in the semi-finals of 2022 this Thursday, after Australia’s matches against Croatia on Friday and Italy against Canada on Saturday.

Eliminating the Netherlands, Australia is fighting for its 29th title. He has not made it to the semifinals since 2017 and has not won the Salad Bowl since 2003.

With Davis world standings leader and responsible for Spain’s farewell, Croatia is currently second and was the winner in 2018, alternating away and home with the previous match format last year. It has two titles.

Italy, which defeated the USA in the quarterfinals, lifted just one salad bowl in 1976 and has not played in the semifinals since 2014.

Canada was the last team to secure the elimination against Germany..

The good news for the organizers was the number of attendees at the Martín Carpena Sports Palace for another day: 9,486 was not reached on Wednesday when Spain played, but it exceeded 7,956 on Tuesday, and 8,786 spectators were registered in the morning draw and 8,243 nights, single day with double sessions.