Shapovalov sends Canada to Davis Cup Final 8

pWith the pressure on, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/denis-shapovalov/su55/overview'Denis Shapovalov/a delivered for Canada on Sunday to fire the former champion to the Davis Cup Final 8 in Malaga. Needing one point from its winner-takes-all tie against Great Britain, Shapovalov moved past a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniel-evans/e687/overview'Daniel Evans/a 6-0, 7-5 to give Canada a 1-0 lead in its Group D tie./p

pArgentina advanced from Group D in Manchester on Saturday, with its 3-0 victory against Finland leaving Great Britain needing to defeat Canada by the same scoreline to join a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/guillermo-coria/c524/overview'Guillermo Coria/a’s side./p

pHowever, Evans struggled to impose himself on Shapovalov, who fired 25 winners and saved both break points he faced to earn the crucial point for his nation./p

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/felix-auger-aliassime/ag37/overview'Felix Auger-Aliassime/a then put the icing on the already-qualified cake when he overcame a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a semi-finalist a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jack-draper/d0co/overview'Jack Draper/a 7-6(8), 7-5 in two hours and seven minutes. Auger-Aliassime has impressed on the hard courts in Manchester this week, not dropping a set in all three matches./p

pCanada joins Italy, Australia, Spain, United States, Germany and Argentina in the Final 8. The last spot will be filled by Brazil or Netherlands and will be decided on Sunday./p

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pIn Group C, the United States and Germany had already sealed the top two spots and qualification for the Final 8 in Malaga when Chile faced Slovakia on Sunday in Zhuhai./p

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nicolas-jarry/j551/overview'Nicolas Jarry/a’s return helped Chile claim a 2-1 victory over Slovakia in the concluding, partnering a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-barrios-vera/bs86/overview'Tomas Barrios Vera/a to take a marathon doubles win over a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/norbert-gombos/gb93/overview'Norbert Gombos/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lukas-klein/ki63/overview'Lukas Klein/a 6-4, 6-7(3), 7-6(5)./p

pThe Chileans squandered three match points in the second set before saving one in reply en-route to the third-set tie-break, in which they won./p

pThe result, twinned with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/cristian-garin/gd64/overview'Cristian Garin/a’s opening victory over Gombos, means that Chile sealed third place in the group ahead of Slovakia, improving their chances of claiming a seeded spot in the 2025 Qualifiers draw./p

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pIn Group B, Australia faced Spain in Valencia, where both countries had already qualified for the Final 8. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pablo-carreno-busta/cd85/overview'Pablo Carreno Busta/a overcame a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jordan-thompson/tc61/overview'Jordan Thompson/a 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(3) in the opening match to give Spain a 1-0 lead before Montreal champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexei-popyrin/p09z/overview'Alexei Popyrin/a defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pedro-martinez/mo44/overview'Pedro Martinez/a 6-4, 6-4 to level for Australia./p

pIn the deciding doubles rubber a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marcel-granollers/g710/overview'Marcel Granollers/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pedro-martinez/mo44/overview'Pedro Martinez/a beat a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matthew-ebden/e690/overview'Matthew Ebden/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/max-purcell/ph71/overview'Max Purcell/a 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. Purcell recently won the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a title with countryman Thompson./p

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