{"id":236617,"date":"2022-09-18T03:22:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T03:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/09\/18\/canada-make-davis-cup-quarterfinals-as-croatia-boost-hopes-with-win-tennis-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-09-18T03:22:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T03:22:09","slug":"canada-make-davis-cup-quarterfinals-as-croatia-boost-hopes-with-win-tennis-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/09\/18\/canada-make-davis-cup-quarterfinals-as-croatia-boost-hopes-with-win-tennis-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada make Davis Cup quarterfinals as Croatia boost hopes with win | Tennis News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>PARIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/canada\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_canada\" frmappuse=\"1\">Canada<\/a> clinched their place in the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/davis-cup\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_davis-cup\" frmappuse=\"1\">Davis Cup<\/a> quarterfinals on Saturday thanks to <!-- -->Felix Auger-Aliassime<!-- -->&#8216;s win in singles, while <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/croatia\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_croatia\" frmappuse=\"1\">Croatia<\/a> improved their chances of reaching the last eight with a 3-0 sweep of Argentina. <br \/>Auger-Aliassime backed up his defeat of new world number one Carlos Alcaraz with a 6-3, 6-4 victory against Serbia&#8217;s Miomir Kecmanovic, although Serbia won the tie 2-1 in Valencia to keep their own hopes alive. <br \/>Serbia&#8217;s Laslo Djere downed Gabriel Diallo 6-2, 6-2 in the opening singles match before Auger-Aliassime&#8217;s win guaranteed Canada a top-two finish in Group B. <br \/>&#8220;I feel this whole event my level has been really good,&#8221; said Auger-Aliassime, the world number 13. <br \/>&#8220;I&#8217;m really happy where my game is at. To come out and play this way, get the win, it&#8217;s very good for me personally. I&#8217;m just really happy for the team. I&#8217;m really happy that I came and played with the level I did to get Canada through the quarters,&#8221; he added. <\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component\" data-pos=\"20\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Near-perfect match from F\u00e9lix Auger-Aliassime today &#x1f4aa;He couldn&#8217;t have asked for a better performance to send Team\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/YF5rOf1hrX<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tennis Canada (@TennisCanada) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TennisCanada\/status\/1571232588156772352\">1663446015000<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kecmanovic and Filip Krajinovic led Vasek Pospisil and Alexis Galarneau 2-1 in the first set of the doubles before a knee injury forced Pospisil to retire. <br \/>Serbia need South Korea to beat Spain on Sunday in order to pip the hosts to a knockout spot in Malaga in November. <br \/>The Spaniards swept Serbia before losing 2-1 to Canada, while the Koreans have lost their first two ties. <br \/>Last year&#8217;s runners-up Croatia whitewashed Argentina to boost their prospects of reaching the quarter-finals from Group A, where they have won two of their three ties. <\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component\" data-pos=\"30\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Triple W &#x1f60e;Mektic\/Pavic make it 3&#xfe0f;&#x20e3;-0&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; Croatia with a 6-2 7-5 triumph#DavisCup #byRakuten | @hts_sluzbeni https:\/\/t.co\/srnvPcPsI7<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Davis Cup (@DavisCup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavisCup\/status\/1571226261082497024\">1663444507000<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Borna Gojo edged Sebastian Baez in three sets before Cincinnati Masters champion Borna Coric got the better of Francisco Cerundolo, 6-4, 7-6 (8\/6) in Bologna. <br \/>Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic eased past Maximo Gonzalez and Horacio Zeballos in the doubles. <br \/>Croatia are now waiting on Sunday&#8217;s result between Italy and Sweden to see if they advance. Italy are 2-0 and Sweden are 1-1. <br \/>The Netherlands wrapped up first place in Group D with a third straight win after defeating the United States 2-1 in Glasgow. <br \/>Botic van de Zandschulp won his third singles match of the week, his 6-4, 7-6 (7\/3) victory over Taylor Fritz securing the tie for the Dutch after Tallon Griekspoor saw off Tommy Paul 7-5, 7-6 (7\/3). <\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component\" data-pos=\"42\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Dutch Delight&#x1f1f3;&#x1f1f1;The Netherlands top group D after a remarkable week in Glasgow &#x1f4aa;#DavisCup #byRakuten | @KNLTB https:\/\/t.co\/1FHwHyyNoC<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Davis Cup (@DavisCup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavisCup\/status\/1571227819002286081\">1663444878000<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve had an amazing week together,&#8221; said Van de Zandschulp. &#8220;Not everyone expected we would be number one, but we played some great <!-- -->tennis<!-- -->.&#8221; <br \/>Rajeev Ram and Jack Sock claimed the doubles in three tight sets against Wesley Koolhof and Matwe Middelkoop. <br \/>France defeated Belgium 2-1 to bow out of the competition with a consolation victory. <br \/>Richard Gasquet downed 268th-ranked Michael Geerts 6-3, 6-3, but Belgium pulled level as David Goffin beat Benjamin Bonzi in three sets. <br \/>Nicolas Mahut and Arthur Rinderknech defeated Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen in straight sets to win the tie, consigning the Belgians to a third straight loss. <br \/>Germany host Australia on Sunday in Hamburg to determine the winner of Group C. <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? 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