ATP Cup: Canada narrowly beat Russia 2-1 to advance to the final

Shapovalov (left) and Aliasim (right)

On January 8, Beijing time, the ATP Cup ended the second semi-final competition, Shapovalov and Aliasim led Canada to a 2-1 victory over the World Second Medvedev's Russian team, will compete with Spain for the championship.

Shapovalov, who came first, spent 2 hours and 39 minutes beating Safir Oolin 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 to score a point for Canada.com. In the then number one singles match between Medvedev and Aliasim, the Russian star won 6-4, 6-0, helping Russia to draw the score to 1-1. After a brief adjustment, four players who had just played singles were back on the pitch, and in the final crucial doubles match, the Canadian twins Shapovalov/Aliasim pair won 4-6, 7-5, 10-7 to help Canada beat Russia 2-1 to seal the victory.

Helping Canada reach the final, Shapovalov and Aliasim could not hide their excitement after the game. Aliassim said: "I have to be optimistic, of course it was very difficult, especially when I lost the second set 6-0 in singles. But Dennis (Shapovalov) and the whole team have been encouraging me that we didn't do well enough in the opening stages of the doubles game, so it was really a team effort to be able to achieve a reversal in this form. ”

Shapovalov said: "Felix played fantastic in doubles, I was a bit slow in the opening stages, I didn't feel good about receiving the ball, but we never gave up. Felix played fantastic in the second set where we broke, and then in the tie-break, we fought until the last minute and it was fantastic to win this game, the team had a lot of chemistry and spirit, which helped us a lot. ”

(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Visual China)