Davis Cup: Canada Eliminates France
Bonzi and Herbert won 7-6(4), 6-3 as France cut Canada’s Davis Cup lead to 2-1 before two singles matches.
- On Saturday, France's Benjamin Bonzi and Pierre-Hugues Herbert defeated Canada's Félix Auger-Aliassime and Duncan Chan 7-6 , 6-3 in Davis Cup doubles action at Quebec City.
- Canada had established a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five tie on Friday after singles wins by Liam Draxl of Newmarket, Ont., over Arthur Rinderknech 6-2, 7-5 and Auger-Aliassime over Quentin Halys 7-6 , 4-6, 6-3.
- Playing in his first-ever Davis Cup match, Duncan Chan from Markham paired with Auger-Aliassime; both teams held serve comfortably through opening games before France's decisive break in the eighth game of the second set proved pivotal.
- Despite the doubles loss, Canada still controls the tie 2-1 with Auger-Aliassime scheduled to face Rinderknech in the fourth rubber, while Draxl could meet Halys in a potential fifth deciding match.
- The winning team advances to the Davis Cup Final 8 in Bologna, Italy in November, with Herbert and Bonzi capturing their second consecutive Davis Cup doubles victory following February's win over Slovakia's Milos Karol and Lukas Klein.
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Caught by his audience in the Québec Videotron Centre, Auger-Aliassime won his arm against the thirty-year-old tricolor 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, to send his country into the final phase of the prestigious international tennis tournament. "We're simply relieved. Rinderknech played incredibly well, we looked for small loopholes in his game and we managed to reverse the steam" of the game, welcomed Canadian captain Frank Dancevic after the success. The…
Rennais d'adoption Arthur Rinderknech won the first set on Saturday evening against Félix Auger-Aliassime (5th in the world), who ended up dominant him in three rounds. France was eliminated from the Davis Cup.
Auger-Aliassime and Draxl had won their respective matches on Friday to give a 2-0 cushion to the unifolio.
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The French pair beat the Canadian 7-6 (7/4) pair on Saturday in Quebec City, 6-3 to score France's first point in this qualifying match for the Davis Cup final phase.
The French pair beat the Canadian 7-6 (7/4) pair on Saturday in Quebec City, 6-3 to score France's first point in this qualifying game for the Davis Cup final, with Canada leading 2-1 after two single wins the day before.
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