His first silver bowl: Canada is Davis Cup champion

Canada won the least publicized Davis Cup in recent times. With an atypical format for a large part of tennis fans and in the middle of the World Cup which totally eclipsed it (and even caused the schedule of the duel between Canada and Croatia to clash in the final of the event) the North Americans have managed their first silver salad bowl. It was a resounding victory against an Australia that could do nothing against the young generation of new monarchs.

Already on the way to definition, they had made it clear that they were the big favourites. Not only did they crush their rivals (Germany and Italy), but their big star, Felix Auger Aliassime, had not suffered defeats during the event which takes place in Malaga.

And in the finishing touch, they have once again unleashed the power of a young team, with two single players who are no older than 24. It is the aforementioned Auger (22) and Denis Shapovalov (23), who lead the most successful generation in the country’s history. In fact, in addition to this Davis, earlier this year they won the last edition of the ATP Cup.

In the first game, for example, Denis Shapovalov’s victory was resounding. The southpaw opened the series against Thanasi Kokkinakis and gently beat him 6-2, 6-4 . An expected victory if we analyze the realities of the two tennis players. Despite the Aussie winning his first ATP singles event this year, the best version was found playing doubles with Kyrgios (he wasn’t part of the entourage), so in singles he was prey easy for “Shapo”.

That left Auger Aliassime with the chance to seal the victory without having to dispute the third point of the series. The planet’s number six came in with confidence, winning three consecutive events between October and November and making it into the ATP Finals. References that he defended on the field, surpassing by 6-3 and 6-4 for Alex De Minaur.

The Canadian star addressed the event participants after the victory. “Emotions are hard to explain r. We grew up together dreaming of this. To be in these types of settings, play these types of games and win the Davis Cup “, he commented visibly moved on the asphalt which places him in an even higher place in his nation.

He also took the opportunity to reflect on the impact of being such a young team and how complex it can be in cases like these. “All of us players have gotten better over time, year after year and it might seem like we’re always ready for those instances, but it’s not easy to tell the truth. We had a great team up front “, he commented.

With this, Canada becomes the 16th country to raise the traditional silver salad bowl , succeeding Russia, who won the trophy in 2021 and were unable to participate in the current edition due to the suspension imposed by the ITF following Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. By the way, the North Americans manage to remove the thorn of having lost the definition of the championship in 2019, when they fell to Spain.