The lower part of the table of the last stage of Davis Cup It now has candidates for the final. After this victory on Tuesday Netherlands against Spain by two points to one, the Dutch team already knows what to face Germany in the fight to access the decisive series.
He German team lost this wednesday morning Canada 2-0 in a different series than Monday. There were two even duels played by the Germans, but they did not need twice as many to complete their pass to the penultimate round.
Jan-Lennard Struff became the leader of his country after winning the battle of numbers 1 in Denis Shapovalov to close the tie. It was a game of total attack, with more balance with a Struff knowing how to find the perfect loophole in his opponent’s ups and downs to get back into the game and win through 4-6, 7-5 and 7-6(5). Barely affected on his first serve, Shapovalov carried the load for most of the game but saw unforced errors appear at inopportune moments.
Struff, more solid, grew in that aspect in a tie-break of details in the third set, where an exchange of mini-breaks brought the tiebreaker to 5-5. It was after winning his serve that Struff confirmed the German’s victory, so the conflict in the doubles match was unnecessary.
Because before, Daniel Altmaier won Gabriel Diallo 7-6(5) and 6-4 to leave Canada with no margin for error. The Americans, however, were unable to return to a series that was initially marked by absence of the great leaders of both teams, Alexander Zverev on the German side and Felix Auger-Aliassime on the Canadian side.
In this way, Germany, the champion of the tournament in 1988, 1989 and 1993, returned to the semifinals three years after losing them against Russia. Their next goal is to beat the Netherlands next Friday to get into the big match for the salad bowl on Sunday.
Source: La Verdad
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