{"id":899593,"date":"2026-09-21T02:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T02:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/899593\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T02:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T02:54:10","slug":"canada-germany-power-into-davis-cup-finals-tennis-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/899593\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada, Germany Power into Davis Cup Finals \u2013 Tennis Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Match Report<\/p>\n<p class=\"tn-article-dek\">Canada powered into the Davis Cup finals behind Felix Auger-Aliassime&#8217;s clutch tennis. <\/p>\n<p>Chris OddoSeptember 20, 20262 minute read<\/p>\n<p>2022 Davis Cup champion Canada is heading back to the Final 8.<\/p>\n<p>Felix Auger-Aliassime finished off Arthur Rinderknech, 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-4, to send Canada past France in Quebec City, 3-1.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pro-Player-Gear-610X150-03.jpg\" alt=\"tennis express pro player gear\" class=\"wp-image-54451\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Canada will join the eight-team field in Bologna for this year\u2019s Davis Cup Final 8, which takes place from November 24-29.<\/p>\n<p>The event was well attended \u2013 11,697 fans came through the gates to set a new record for the most fans in attendance at a Davis Cup event held in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Auger-Aliassime, ranked No. 5, went 2-0 in singles, and Canada got a massive win to open the tie as Liam Draxl defeated Rinderknech, 6-2, 7-5.<\/p>\n<p>France suffered its first loss in four head-to-head ties against Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Zverev Leads Germany Through<\/p>\n<p>In Halle, Alexander Zverev continued his hot form by leading Germany back to the Davis Cup Final 8.<\/p>\n<p>The German went 2-0 in singles and clinched Germany\u2019s 3-1 victory with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Dino Prizmic on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Germany will bid for its first Davis Cup title in 33 years in Bologna. Three-time Davis Cup champion Germany is back in the Davis Cup quarterfinals for the third consecutive year.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the results of this weekend\u2019s other five qualifying ties, with Spain and Chile the only tie yet to be completed.<\/p>\n<p>Czechia def. United States, 3-2 \u2014 Czechia <a href=\"https:\/\/tennisnow.com\/lehecka-and-mensik-break-american-hearts-again-lift-czechia-to-davis-cup-final-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">rallied from 2-1 down<\/a> to eliminate the United States in Prague. [Read more here]<\/p>\n<p>Korea def. India, 3-1 \u2014 Korea <a href=\"https:\/\/tennisnow.com\/korea-makes-history-qualifying-for-davis-cup-quarterfinals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">reached the Davis Cup quarterfinals<\/a> for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Austria def. Belgium, 3-1 \u2014 Austria booked its place in the Final 8 in Bologna.<\/p>\n<p>Great Britain def. Ecuador, 4-0 \u2014 Great Britain swept Ecuador in London to advance to the Final 8.<\/p>\n<p>Spain leads Chile, 2-0 \u2014 Spain won both opening singles matches in Santiago, with the tie to be completed Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Match Report Canada powered into the Davis Cup finals behind Felix Auger-Aliassime&#8217;s clutch tennis. Chris OddoSeptember 20, 20262&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":899594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-899593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/899594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}