{"id":36722,"date":"2024-11-21T01:34:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T22:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=36722"},"modified":"2024-11-21T01:34:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T22:34:44","slug":"davis-cup-struff-beats-shapovalov-and-leads-germany-to-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/21\/davis-cup-struff-beats-shapovalov-and-leads-germany-to-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Davis Cup: Struff Beats Shapovalov and Leads Germany to Semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-a:r2940881840622973996-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Germany advanced to the semifinals of the Davis Cup after defeating Canada 2-0 in their quarterfinal match on Wednesday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to German News Agency, Germany&#8217;s Jan-Lennard Struff came from behind to defeat Canada&#8217;s Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-5) in the second singles match. Struff commented on his win, saying: &#8220;It was a tough match. I\u2019m happy that I managed to get the decisive point in the tiebreak of the third set.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Earlier, Daniel Altmaier had given Germany a 1-0 lead by defeating Gabriel Diallo 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 in the first singles match. Altmaier, ranked 88th in the world, needed 1 hour and 57 minutes to secure the win.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Altmaier said after his match: &#8220;It has become a reality. It&#8217;s always a great honor to play for your country.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">With Germany&#8217;s victories in the two singles matches, there was no need for a doubles match.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This victory marked a redemption for Germany, as they had lost to Canada in the same round two years ago by a 1-2 scoreline, with Canada eventually winning the 2021 Davis Cup title. Notably, Struff had also defeated Shapovalov in their previous encounter.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Germany will face the Netherlands in the semifinals on Friday. The Dutch team defeated Spain 2-1, ending Rafael Nadal&#8217;s campaign in the tournament. Struff commented on the upcoming match, saying: &#8220;They have a strong team. It will be a tough task for sure.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Germany is seeking its first Davis Cup title since 1993, while the Netherlands has never won the competition.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The quarterfinals continue tomorrow in M\u00e1laga, Spain, with Italy (defending champions) led by world number one Jannik Sinner taking on Argentina, while the United States faces Australia.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany advanced to the semifinals of the Davis Cup after defeating Canada 2-0 in their quarterfinal match on Wednesday. According to German News Agency, Germany&#8217;s Jan-Lennard Struff came from behind to defeat Canada&#8217;s Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-5) in the second singles match. Struff commented on his win, saying: &#8220;It was a tough match. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36723,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36722\/revisions\/36723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}