Tennis-Canada seal ATP Cup final spot with doubles win over Russia

Tennis - ATP Cup - Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia - January 8, 2022 Canada's Denis Shapovalov celebrates winning his semi final match against Russia's Roman Safiullin REUTERS/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime rallied to victory in the deciding doubles rubber against defending champions Russia to fire Canada into their first ATP Cup final on Saturday.

The Canadians beat the Russian pair of Daniil Medvedev and Roman Safiullin 4-6 7-5 10-7 in a final set super tiebreaker to seal the tie 2-1 and set up a Sunday final in the $10 million team event against Spain.