Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger Aliassime (Team Canada) defeated Team Russia to face Pablo Carreno-Busta and Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain) for the ATP Cup title.
Denis and Felix played a fantastic semifinal when Shapovalov defeated Roman Safiullin 6-4 5-7 9-4 before Daniil Medvedev dismissed Felix Auger Aliassime 6-4 6-0. Everything went to the wire in doubles when Shapovalov and Auger Aliassime defeated Medvedev and Saffiulin 4-6 7-5 10-7.
Team Spain
Team Canada will face Team Spain after the Europeans defeated Poland 2-1. The key match was the one that Roberto Bautista Agut won against Hubert Hurkacz 7-6 (6) 2-6 7-6 (5). Before Pablo Carreno Busta had no issues in defeating Jan Zieliński 6-2 6-1. The dead rubber (doubles) was conquered by Szymon Walków and Jan Zieliński who defeated Albert Romas-Vinolas and Pedro Martínez 4-6 6-3 10-6.
Shapovalov in the ATP Cup, ranking, and results in 2022
LWWLWWWLWW Ranked no.14, Shapovalov achieved an overall 2-1 match record in 2022. Denis ended his run in the round robin after defeating Roman Safiullin 6-4 5-7 6-4.
Denis Shapovalov will face the world no.20 Pablo Carreno-Busta in the final. Their head to head is 4-1 for Carreno-Busta.
Felix Auger Aliassime in 2022
L Now the world no.11, the Canadian played his last match on the 8th of January when he lost to world no.2 Daniil Medvedev 6-4 6-0 in the semifinal in the ATP Cup (draw).
Currently, during this year the Canadian achieved a composed 2-2 match record.
Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger Aliassime fought against each other 7 times. Their head to head is 4-3 for Shapovalov. Previously, the last time when they played each other, Denis Shapovalov won 6-4 7-5 in the semifinal in Stockholm (Stockholm Open) in November 2021.
In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.
Carreno-Busta in the ATP Cup, ranking, and results in 2022
LLLWLLWWWW Now the world no.20, Carreno-Busta has managed to achieve a composed 4-0 win-loss record in 2022. Carreno-Busta ended his run in the round robin after he lost to Pablo Carreno-Busta 6-2 6-1.
Pablo Carreno-Busta will take on the world no.14 Denis Shapovalov in the final. Their record is 4-1 for Carreno-Busta.
Carreno-Busta won 6 titles in his career: 2 on hard courts, 3 on clay courts and 1 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Bautista-Agut in the ATP Cup, ranking, and results in 2022
Now the world no.19, Roberto has a 4-0 win-loss record in 2022. The Spaniard ended his run in the round robin after defeating Hubert Hurkacz 7-66 2-6 7-65.
Roberto Bautista Agut will compete against the world no.11 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final. The head to head is 2-1 for Auger-Aliassime.
The Spaniard won 9 titles in his career: 6 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts, 1 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Pablo Carreno-Busta and Roberto Bautista Agut played each other 8 times. The head to head is 4-4. Previously, the last time they fought against each other, Pablo Carreno-Busta won 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-4 in the 3rd round in Paris (French Open) in October 2020.
Denis Shapovalov, Felix Auger Aliassime, Pablo Carreno-Busta and Roberto Bautista Agut |
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