Denis Shapovalov won the battle of the up-and-comers against Greek Stefanos Tsit...
SYDNEY - Denis Shapovalov won the battle of the up-and-comers against Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas to clinch Canada’s opening tie in the inaugural ATP Cup men’s team event in Brisbane on Friday.
Canada went up 1-0 when Felix Auger-Aliassime claimed a breezy 6-1-6-3 victory over Michail Pervolarakis for the first win in the $15 million ATP Cup, which features 24 nations contesting in Perth, Brisbane and Sydney over 10 days. Belgium’s number two singles player and captain Steve Darcis won the rubber with a 6-4 6-7 7-5 win against Alexander Cozbinov before world number 11 David Goffin settled the tie in the team’s favor by defeating Radu Albot 6-4 6-1.
But Shapovalov, who played brilliantly to lead Canada to its first Davis Cup final in November where they eventually went down to Rafa Nadal’s Spain, was the better player on the big points against the Greek.
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