Canada in quarterfinal for "Davis Cup"

The team Canada managed to qualify only for the third time in the quarterfinals of the World Cup group "Davis". In Vancouver the hosts prevailed over Japan with 3-2 win.

In the first Sunday singles Milos Raonic started well against Kei Nishikori in the only clash in this round between players of the Top 10. He took the first set but then Nishikori has levelled the game and finally won with 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 4, to make a total score 2-2.

In the decisive fifth game Vasek Pospisil showed nerves of steel and won Go Soeda with 7: 5, 6: 3, and 6: 4. He made a break in each set, which was enough for success. The next match of the "maple leaf" is as guests of the composition of Belgium in July.

The team of Switzerland expected step down the title in the first round. Without Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka the champions lost with 2-3 from Belgium in Liege. Here again decisive was the fifth match. In it the 21-st in the world David Goffin beat the located just 300 seats after him Adrien Bossel with 6: 4, 6: 0, 6: 4.

Today will become clear in the last quarter finalist in the tournament. In Buenos Aires, the result predicted by 11livegoal of the derby Argentina - Brazil is 2-2. In the fourth meeting Leonardo Mayer prevailed over the representative of the guests Joao Sousa after 7: 6 (4), 7: 6 (5), 5: 7, 5: 7, and 15:13. The match lasted after 6 hours and 43 minutes, which made it the longest match in the history of the Cup "Davis" and the second as the number of played games.

In descending darkness over the Argentine capital on the court appeared Federico Delbonis and Thomaz Bellucci. They managed to play only one set won by the Argentine Delbonis with 6: 3, and then the game was stopped because of darkness fell. In the continuous game Delbonis beat the Brazilian left-hander with 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2, 7: 5 and brought the victory to the hosts .

Results World Cup Group "Davis"
Germany - France 2-3
UK - USA 3-2
Czech Republic - Australia 2-3
Kazakhstan - Italy 3-2
Argentina - Brazil 3-2
Serbia - Croatia 5-0
Canada - Japan 3-2
Belgium - Switzerland 3-2.

Draw for quarter (July 17 to 19)
UK - France
Australia - Kazakhstan
Serbia - Argentina
Belgium - Canada.

Second group of zone Europe / Africa
Quarterfinals (July 17 to 19)
Turkey - Belarus
Portugal - Finland
Hungary - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Luxembourg - Bulgaria