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☆ Raonic gives champions Canada fast start v Finland
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Tennis - Davis Cup - Finals - Canada v Finland - Palacio de deportes Martin Carpena, Malaga, Spain - November 21, 2023 Canada's Milos Raonic in action during his quarter final match against Finland's Patrick Kaukovalta REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura Acquire Licensing RightsMALAGA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Canada's Milos Raonic returned to Davis Cup action for the first time in five years to give the reigning champions a fast start in their Final Eight clash against Finland on Tuesday. The big-serving Raonic banged down 18 aces in a 6-3 7-5 defeat of lowly-ranked Finn Patrick Kaukovalta to put Canada 1-0 ahead in the best of three tie. Raonic began the match with a game of aces and ended it with another one after little more than an hour. Gabriel Diallo will send Canada into the semi-finals if he beats Otto Virtanen in the second singles rubber. Reporting by Martyn Herman Editing by Christian RadnedgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: deportes Martin, Milos Raonic, Finland's Patrick Kaukovalta, Violeta Santos Moura, Finn Patrick Kaukovalta, Raonic, Felix Auger, Emil Ruusuvuori, Kaukovalta, Davis, Gabriel Diallo, Otto Virtanen, Billie Jean King, Martyn Herman, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Palacio, deportes, deportes Martin Carpena, Rights, Davis, Finland, banged, Canada's, Wimbledon, Australia, Billie Jean King Cup, Thomson Locations: Finland, Malaga, Spain, Canada

☆ Finland stun US to reach Davis Cup quarters, Australia and Canada through
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"It means a lot for the whole country and for tennis in Finland. Dusan Lajovic crashed to a 6-3 6-2 defeat by Jakub Mensik to leave Serbia in a spot of bother in Valencia. They will be joined by Australia, after last year's runners-up secured a 3-0 win over Switzerland in Group B in Manchester. We knew that we still had to win this match," Ebden said after the duo scored a 6-2 6-4 win over Huesler and Stricker. Nicolas Jarry levelled the Group A tie in Bologna by beating Gabriel Diallo 6-4 6-4 before the deciding doubles rubber.

Persons: Pabellon Fuente, Serbia's Novak Djokovic, Nikola Cacic, Adam Pavlasek, Tomas Machac REUTERS, Pablo Morano, Otto Virtanen, outlasting Mackenzie McDonald, Emil Ruusuvuori, Tommy Paul, Ruusuvuori, Novak Djokovic, Dusan Lajovic, Jakub Mensik, Laslo Djere, Jiri Lehecka, I'm, Lehecka, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Dominic Stricker, Alex de Minaur, Marc, Andrea Huesler, Max Purcell, Matthew Ebden, Ebden, Alexis Galarneau, Chile's Alejandro Tabilo, Nicolas Jarry, Gabriel Diallo, Shrivathsa Sridhar Organizations: Czech, Finland, Davis, U.S, Australia, Switzerland, Thomson Locations: Serbia, Czech Republic, San Luis, Valencia, Spain, Croatia, United States, Canada, Australia, Finland, Split, It's, Malaga, Manchester, Bologna, Bengaluru

☆ Davis Cup champions Canada stay perfect, US stunned
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"I'm happy with the way I competed," world number 158 Diallo said. "Obviously things are going my way right now, so it's easy to stay positive. It was Tiafoe's second straight defeat this week after the world number 11 had crashed against Croatia's Borna Gojo. Maybe you guys are upset he's not here playing for Spain, because he's 20 and I'm 36 and how he's tired and I'm not," Djokovic said. I'm sure he'll win this competition with Spain because of who he is and the quality he possesses and the quality the team possesses."

Persons: Felix Auger, Milos Raonic, Denis Shapovalov, Vasek Pospisil, Leo Borg, Gabriel Diallo, Lorenzo Musetti, Elias Ymer, Diallo, Max Purcell, Matthew Ebden, Nicolas Mahut, Edouard Roger, Vasselin, Botic Van de, Tommy Paul, Tallon Griekspoor, Frances Tiafoe, Croatia's Borna, Novak Djokovic, Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, he's, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Canada, Italy, Wednesday, Australia, France, United, C, Spain, South, U.S, Davis Cup, Thomson Locations: Sweden, United, Canada, Bologna, Malaga, Manchester, Croatian, Split, Netherlands, United States, Valencia, Czech Republic, South Korea, Serbia, New York, Spain, Bengaluru

☆ Britain see off Australia, Spain and Italy lose in Davis Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

MANCHESTER, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Britain battled to victory over last year's Davis Cup runners-up Australia in their Finals group stage opener on Wednesday, while Spain and Italy both suffered chastening defeats at home in the premier men's team competition. "It's amazing to play my first Davis Cup tie in the UK in this sort of arena. In Valencia, the Czech Republic took an unassailable 2-0 lead over hosts Spain, who were missing Carlos Alcaraz after the world number two decided to pull out of the squad to recover following his U.S. Open semi-final defeat. Italy also endured a disappointing day in front of home fans in Bologna, as defending champions Canada secured a comfortable Group A victory in a re-match of last year's semi-final. Italy are without Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini this week but still have three top-50 singles players in the squad.

Persons: year's, chastening, Jack Draper, Leon Smith's, Thanasi, Draper, Leon, Dan Evans, Alex de Minaur, Carlos Alcaraz, Tomas Machac, Bernabe Zapata Miralles, Jiri Lehecka, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Alexis Galarneau, Lorenzo Sonego, Gabriel Diallo, Lorenzo Musetti, Denis Shapovalov, Felix Auger, Milos Raonic, Matteo Berrettini, Mackenzie McDonald, Dino Prizmic, Gojo, Frances Tiafoe, Austin Krajicek, Rajeev Ram, Ivan Dodig, Pavic, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Toby Davis Organizations: MANCHESTER, Britain, Manchester, Davis, U.S, Serbia, Canada, Croatia, Thomson Locations: Australia, Spain, Italy, Britain, Valencia, Czech Republic, Malaga, Bologna, Canada, United States, U.S, Bengaluru

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