Davis Cup: Canada Eliminates France
Bonzi and Herbert used a decisive second-set break to give France its first point, while Canada still leads the best-of-five tie 2-1.
- 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 the Videotron Centre in Quebec City.
- Canada entered the match holding a 2-0 lead in the tie following Friday singles wins by Liam Draxl of Newmarket, Ont., over Arthur Rinderknech and Auger-Aliassime over Quentin Halys.
- Bonzi and Herbert's doubles experience proved pivotal in the second set, where a decisive break in the eighth game secured victory and ended Auger-Aliassime's 13-match Davis Cup winning streak.
- Despite the loss, Canada maintains a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five tie, with up to two singles matches remaining on Saturday to determine the series winner.
- The winning team advances to the Davis Cup Final 8 in Bologna, Italy, in November, with Draxl expected to face Halys in the fifth match if necessary.
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France and the United States were eliminated Saturday from the Davis Cup, after their respective defeats against Canada and the Czech Republic. ...
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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