Canada beat Great Britain to ensure their progress to the Davis Cup Final 8 on Sunday, with Denis Shapovalov beating Dan Evans and Felix Auger Aliassime overcoming Jack Draper. (More Tennis News)
Can🦄ada needed just one point from their final group-stage tie, and Shapovalov did the honours at the first time of asking by beating Evan🍌s 6-0 7-5.
Shapovalov won 100% of first-serve points as he dominated an opening set that lasted just 27 minutes, and though Evans came back into the encounte༺r in the second set, a break in the final game sealed the deal f🏅or Shapovalov.
With Canada's progress secured, Auger Aliassimꦚe then added some gloss by overcoming US Open semi-finalist Draper 7-6 (10-8) 7-5 in a fiercely 💎contested affair.
British pair Neal Skupski and Henry Patten beat Gabriel Diallo and Alexis Galarneau 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 in the doubles, but it was of little consequenc🍒e with their elimination already certain.
Argentina joined Canada in qualifying from Group D with a s♊weep of Finland, while Italy finished top of Group A in Bol👍ogna, thanks to the efforts of Flavio Cobolli.
He beat Tallon Griekspoor 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 6-3 as the Netherlands were forced to settle for second, after Matteo Berrettini💝 had put the defending champions in the driving seat with a 3-6 6-4 6-4 win against Botic van de Zandschulp.
World number one Jannik Sinner was present to suppor♕t Berrettini, embracing him after he capped his fightb𒀰ack by converting match point.
Australia and Spain had already sealed qualification from Group B prior to Sunday's matches, while the United State🦋s and Germany had clinched their progress from Group C.
The Davis Cup Final 8 will take place in Malaga between November 19 and November 24, with Italy hoping to become the first team to defend th𒁃e title since the Czech Republic in 2013.
