Canada advanced to the Davis Cup quarter-finals for the third consecutive year with a decisive victory over Britain on Sunday. Denis Shapovalov secured the crucial win in Manchester by defeating Dan Evans 6-0, 7-5. Shapovalov celebrated his win by enjoying ice cream on the court and acknowledged the challenge of playing in front of a passionate home crowd of around 15,000, focusing on staying composed throughout the match.
Felix Auger-Aliassime sealed the tie for Canada by beating Britain’s top player Jack Draper 7-6(8), 7-5 in a closely contested match. This victory gave Canada a 2-0 lead, eliminating the hosts. Britain salvaged some pride in the doubles match, with Henry Patten and Neal Skupski defeating Gabriel Diallo and Alexis Galarneau 7-5, 6-4.
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The Final 8 knockout stage will take place in Malaga from November 19-24. A draw later this week will determine the matchups for the quarter-finals, with teams like Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Australia, the United States, Germany, Canada, and Argentina already qualified.
Meanwhile, in Bologna, Italy took a 2-0 lead against the Netherlands to top Group A. Matteo Berrettini overcame Botic van de Zandschulp 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, and Flavio Cobolli defeated Tallon Griekspoor 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-3. Despite these losses, the Netherlands advanced as group runners-up after Wesley Koolhof and van de Zandschulp won the doubles match 7-6(6), 7-5 against Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori.
In Group B, Spain, without world number three Carlos Alcaraz, earned a 2-1 victory over Australia in Valencia. Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martinez won the decisive doubles match against Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, securing the group win for Spain. Earlier, Pablo Carreno Busta had defeated Jordan Thompson 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(3), while Alexei Popyrin leveled the tie for Australia by beating Martinez 6-4, 6-4.
In Zhuhai, Chile ended their campaign with a 2-1 victory over Slovakia, finishing third in Group C, though both teams were already out of contention.
