MADRID, 14 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Canadian team suffered a lot to win their tie against South Korea and had to resort to doubles to prevail in the opening of the Davis Cup Finals group that hosts the Fuente de San Luis in Valencia and in which Spain is .
The Canadian team, despite the absence of Denis Shapovalov, started as favourites, but saw things get complicated by the unexpected loss of their number one, Felix Auger-Aliassime, against Sonwoo Kwon 7-6(5), 6 -3.
This setback left Vasek Pospisil’s initial victory against Seong Chan Hong, 417 in the world, in three sets 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(5), meaning that he had to decide the winner twice. where Auger-Aliassime and Pospisil defeated Ji Sung Nang and Min-Kyu Song 7-5, 5-7, 6-3, although the South Koreans were up 3-1 in the latter.
In addition, at the venue in Hamburg (Germany), Australia, the most successful country in the competition, began with a 3-0 victory against Belgium thanks to the triumphs of Jason Koubler and Alex de Miñaur against Zizou Bergs (6-4, 1 -6, 6-3) and David Goffin (6-2, 6-2), respectively, plus double.
For its part, in the Italian Bologna, the duel between Sweden and Argentina opted for the Swedish side due to the good work of the Ymer brothers, especially Mikael who defeated Diego Schwartzmann by a double 6-2 and made Elias’ victory good against Sebastian Baez (6-4, 3-6, 7-6), although the Argentines took the double as consolation. In Glasgow, the Netherlands defeated Kazakhstan