BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA—Canada and Slovakia split the opening singles matches of their Davis Cup tie on Friday, setting up a crucial doubles match that will test the talents of young guns Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime. Shapovalov gave Canada an early edge with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Filip Horansky. But Martin Klizan downed Auger-Aliassime 7-5, 6-3 to knot the best-of-five, clay-court series at a win apiece. Denis Shapovalov gave Canada an early edge with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Filip Horansky, but Slovakia’s Martin Klizan downed Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-5, 6-3. Auger-Aliassime, who made his Davis Cup debut, made 45 unforced errors in the match, compared to 32 for Klizan.

Source: thestar February 01, 2019 16:06 UTC