Sydney, Australia) – Current champions of the ATP Cup, the Russians this time stopped in the semi-finals. The executioners were the Canadians, who made a great comeback from the duo formed by Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov in the decisive match, beating Daniil Medvedev and Roman Safiullin with partials of 4/6, 7/5 and 10-7, after 1h37 of play.

The game was very balanced, but the Russians were better in the first set, mainly in the important points, saving the three break points they faced and taking advantage of one of the six they had in their favor . The second part kept the balance and was not defined until the end, with a break for the Canadians in the 12th and final game.

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The decision then went to the tiebreak, in which Aliassime and Shapovalov took advantage of the positive moment at the end of the second set and swung to victory. They opened up a comfortable 9-5 lead and suffered a bit in the final hour, needing three match points to complete the comeback and secure a place in the ATP Cup final against Spain.

Despite reaching the final, the Canadians lost their first four matches of the competition, jeopardizing their hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals If the United States had beaten Great Britain in the tie-break of their decisive double on Thursday, Canada would have been eliminated before playing its third match.