Canada received the Davis Cup for the primary time by beating Australia within the closing in Malaga.
Within the opening singles rubber, Denis Shapovalov made up for his defeat within the semi-finals with a 6-2 6-4 win over Thanasi Kokkinakis.
His Canada team-mate Felix Auger-Aliassime, the world quantity six, then beat Alex de Minaur 6-3 6-4 to present his nation an unassailable 2-0 lead.
“The feelings are robust to explain,” stated Auger-Aliassime.
“All of us right here – we have dreamed of this second. It is actually a dream come true.”
Canada have been showing in solely their second Davis Cup closing.
Their first, in 2019, introduced defeat by Rafael Nadal’s Spain however they obtained their arms on the World Cup of tennis on Sunday – 109 years after they first performed the event – on the expense of 28-time champions Australia.
Shapovalov, ranked 18th on the earth, raced right into a 4-0 lead towards Kokkinakis earlier than the Australian obtained a recreation on the board.
However after wrapping up the primary set comfortably, Shapovalov broke early within the second to place his nation heading in the right direction for a historic win.
Auger-Aliassime confronted a harder problem in world quantity 24 De Minaur and was compelled to fend off three early break factors of their singles rubber.
He lastly obtained a break himself within the eighth recreation, and after sealing the primary set with an ace, he defended two additional break factors earlier than occurring to clinch the title for Canada.
“All of us developed as gamers individually; we obtained higher and higher through the years,” Auger-Aliassime added.
“We’re extra prepared for these kind of moments however it’s by no means simple to tug by means of.”
