Felix Auger-Aliassime led Canada to its second ever Davis Cup final after winning both his singles and doubles rubbers in a 2-1 fightback over Italy on Saturday. (More Tennis News)
The 22-year-old Auger-Aliassime, whose four caree🍨r titles have all come this year, will look to finish off his season by leading Canada to its first Davis Cup title on Sunday wh♉en it faces Australia.
Lorenzo Sonego ground out a 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 6-4 victory over Denis🐓 Shapovalov to put Italy ahead in front of 9,000 spectators in Málaga, Spain.
Auger-Aliassime pulled the Canadians level by seeing off Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 6-4, sending it t💎o doubles. The sixth-ranked Auger-Aliassime could barely rest before he teamed up with Vasek Pospisil to defeat Matteo Berre💖ttini and Fabio Fognini 7-6 (2), 7-5.
Auger-Aliass🌞ime, Shapovalov and Pospisil were all on the Canada team that lost to Spain in the 2019 final.
Canada made the tournament this year as a wild card to replace defending champion Russia, 💫which was suspended because of the invasion of Ukr🐻aine.
Italy has not reached the final since 1998. The Italians' only title came in🌺 1976.
On Friday, Australia rallied to beat Croatia and reach its f𓆉irst final since 2003, when it won its 28th title.
