Felix Auger-Aliassime22 years old and sixth in the world, the tennis player with the best ranking of the participants in the Málaga 2022 Davis Cup Finals, fulfilled his undisputed role as number one in the Canadian team that defeated the Italian. Lorenzo Musetti, 20 years and nº 23, by 6-3 and 6-4 in 1h.24′.
Not a single ball of ‘break’ allowed the student of Frederic Fontang and Toni Nadalwhich is now under the captaincy of Frank Dancevic. A few weeks ago he submitted Musetti in the ATP semifinals in Florence 6-2 and 6-3.
Auger-Aliassime has won 19 of their last 22 meetings, indoors and on a fast surface he is very comfortable with. The situation was compromised, but he did not hesitate to improve his Davis Cup record, 5-3 in singles.
Italy-Canada semifinal tied, after the loss of Denis Shapovalov against Lorenzo Sonego of 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5) and 6-4. Everything is in the hands of the double.
The pairs are announced Simone Bolelli-Fabio Fognini and Vasek Pospisil and Denis Shapovalov. However, there has been a change in Canada. Auger-Aliassime, extremely fit, replaced a Shapovalov who ran a marathon of more than three hours without a prize.
Auger-Aliassime and Pospisil are unbeaten in the competition, 2-0, in the group stage of this edition. They did not balance the rivalry with Spain in Valencia against Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martinez.
Italy, for its eighth final, continues on the road to a ‘salad bowl’ that it only touched in 1976. Still missing is Canada, a finalist in 2019. Australia awaits, this Sunday from 1 p.m. in the pavilion Martin Carpena from Malagawhich again registers a large entry: 9,423 viewers.
Source: La Verdad
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