That's why you always see surprises sometimes in Davis Cup. It's a separate tournament than the rest of the tour. 'Everybody has belief in their teammates, that they're able to win any given match,' Auger-Aliassime said at the pre-tournament media availability. Canada will open play on the indoor hardcourt on Tuesday against Finland. Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime will lead the Canadian men's squad this week at Malaga's Martin Carpena Arena for the Davis Cup's Final 8 knockout stage. Now it's time for a fresh challenge: a successful title defence. The Swiss Indoors, won a record 10 times by home player Roger Federer who announced his retirement in September, offers €2.1m (£1.8m) in prize money.MÁLAGA, Spain - The Canadian tennis teams are on top of the world as reigning champions of both the Davis Cup and the Billie Jean King Cup. Meanwhile, Draper is set to contest the Next Gen ATP finals, which features the world's top players aged 21 and under, in Milan from 8 November.Īndy Murray is in action against Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin in Basel on Tuesday, while Norwegian second seed Casper Ruud meets Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka. He will make his first appearance at the season-ending ATP finals in Turin, which begins on 13 November. Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phoneĪlcaraz is contesting his second event since winning the US Open title and becoming the top-ranked men's player, having suffered a first-round loss to David Goffin in Astana earlier in October.However, Alcaraz responded with a double break early in the second set as the Spaniard opened a 4-0 lead on his way to levelling the contest.ĭraper broke back to reach 4-4 in the decider, but Alcaraz was able to get over the line following his decisive break in the 11th game - despite also facing two break points in a tense finale. He will play Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp or France's Adrian Mannarino next.ĭraper capped an impressive first set by breaking the US Open champion's serve for a second time, doing so to love, to move a set from victory. Alcaraz took his third match point on serve to edge an entertaining match.

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