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Canada sink Australian hopes to win maiden Davis Cup title
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It was Canada's second Davis Cup final appearance in four years

Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov earned Canada their first Davis Cup title after a 2-0 win over Australia in the Spanish city of Malaga on Sunday.

“The emotions are tough to describe,” said 22-year-old Auger-Aliassime, who beat Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-3 . “We grew up together, dreaming about being on this stage, winning these types of matches, winning the Davis Cup.

“It’s really a dream come true. That’s what we play for. That’s what sport is for. It was a great moment for us and for the country.”

The world number six finished off his superb second half of the season by completing a perfect week in Spain. He twice had kept the Canadians alive after Shapovalov dropped the opening singles match, and on Saturday he replaced his weary teammate to join Vasek Pospisil for the decisive doubles point.

Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., won Canada’s first singles match earlier in the day, 6-2, 6-4 over Thanasi Kokkinakis.

“[I am] definitely happy to get singles win for the team. You know, I felt close the last two matches. The games have been good, but just wasn’t able to get over the finish line,” said Shapovalov.

It was Canada’s second Davis Cup final appearance in four years. They had come a long way since they were eliminated in qualifying by the Netherlands back in March before being handed a wild card into the finals after the exclusion of Russia and Belarus following the invasion of Ukraine.

Canada then finished second in Group B behind Spain in September, before knocking Germany out in the quarter-finals (2-1) and Italy in the semi-finals (2-1) earlier this week.