Davis Cup: Canada Eliminates France
France cut Canada’s lead to 2-1 after Bonzi and Herbert won the doubles rubber in straight sets.
- In Saturday's Davis Cup doubles action at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City, France's Benjamin Bonzi and Pierre-Hugues Herbert defeated Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime and Duncan Chan 7-6 , 6-3.
- Friday's singles matches gave Canada a 2-0 lead after Liam Draxl defeated Arthur Rinderknech 6-2, 7-5 and Auger-Aliassime secured a 7-6 , 4-6, 6-3 victory over Quentin Halys.
- Competing alongside first-time participant Chan, Auger-Aliassime saw his 13-match winning streak end, while five-time Grand Slam champion Herbert improved his doubles record to 16-3.
- Canada still leads the best-of-five tie 2-1, with Auger-Aliassime expected to face Rinderknech in Saturday's fourth match and Draxl potentially meeting Halys in the deciding rubber.
- The winner of this second-round tie advances to the Davis Cup Final 8 in Bologna, Italy, in November, where international competition continues.
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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…
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.
The Benjamin Bonzi-Pierre-Hugues Herbert pair won on Saturday in the double against Canada, after two single defeats the day before.
The Canadiens Auger-Aliassime and Chan had the chance to qualify their country for the final phase of the Davis Cup, the World Tennis Cup.
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