Ymer brothers help Sweden stun Canada in Davis Cup 決勝戦
MADRID (AP) - Before any matches were played, Elias Ymer didn´t hesitate to say Sweden could 後継する at the Davis Cup 決勝戦 にもかかわらず 存在 one of the lowest-階級d nations in the 競争.
He 支援するd up his words with a 広大な／多数の／重要な 開始 勝利，勝つ on Thursday, then 元気づけるd on his brother Mikael in the other （テニスなどの）シングルス match that clinched Sweden's victory over 2019 走者-up Canada in Group B.
最高の，を越す-階級d フラン and second-階級d Croatia also won on the 開始 day, while defending 支持する／優勝者 Spain was left without one of its biggest attractions after 18-year-old Carlos Alcaraz 実験（する）d 肯定的な for the coronavirus and had to be dropped from the squad. Spain was 始める，決める to open play against Ecuador on Friday in Group A.
フラン needed to 決起大会／結集させる against 18th-階級d Czech 共和国 with a three-始める，決める （テニスなどの）ダブルス victory に引き続いて the 開始 （テニスなどの）シングルス loss by 退役軍人 Richard Gasquet.
Sweden also won the （テニスなどの）ダブルス match against Canada after Elias Ymer 敗北・負かすd Steven Diaz 6-4, 6-2 and Mikael Ymer （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Vasek Pospisil 6-4, 6-4.
"It´s a 奇蹟. You don´t see it in almost any other country. It´s not in many sports, two brothers," Elias Ymer said. "Our parents immigrated from Ethiopia. We´re both like No. 1 and No. 2, 代表するing Sweden in the biggest tennis event in the world. You don´t see it so often."
Sweden's Elias Ymer celebrates his victory over Canada's Steven Diez during their Davis Cup tennis match in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Elias Ymer, 階級d 171st, 決起大会／結集させるd after 存在 負かす／撃墜する 4-1 in the first 始める，決める against Diaz. Mikael Ymer, 階級d 93rd and two years younger than Elias, 変えるd his two break-point 適切な時期s against Pospisil.
Mikael Ymer said their 勝利，勝つs will surely resonate 支援する home.
"Growing up it was also one of the big dream for my dad," he said. "Even though I don´t think too much of it while I´m playing or during the week, for me it´s more about the team and the country. Of course, there are moments here and there that I sit and I think that it´s beautiful, it´s a beautiful story."
In the （テニスなどの）ダブルス match, Andre Goransson and Robert Lindstedt 敗北・負かすd Pospisil and Brayden Schnur 7-6 (5), 6-4 to give the Swedes all three points.
Sweden is 14th in the Davis Cup 最高位のs and is making its first 外見 in the 改造するd 競争. It is trying to reach the Davis Cup 準々決勝 for the first time since 2011.
"I said (we could 勝利，勝つ this) because I think belief is 最高の important. It´s something everyone has to work on," Elias Ymer said. "I said it because, yeah, if I don´t believe that we cannot 勝利，勝つ this, why should we even be here?"
Sixth-階級d Canada lost to host Spain in the final of the event's first 版, when Pospisil was one of its 重要な players.
The second 版 of the Davis Cup 決勝戦 got 進行中で with two other 関係 存在 played 同時に in Austria and Italy.
CROATIA-AUSTRALIA
In Turin, Borna Gojo and Marin Cilic gave 2018 支持する／優勝者 Croatia the victory over 28-time wi nner Australia in Group D.
Gojo, 階級d 276th, 敗北・負かすd No. 61 Alexei Popyrin 7-6 (5), 7-5 after saving all five break points he 直面するd. No. 30 Cilic outlasted No. 34 Alex de Minaur 6-1, 5-7, 6-4.
FRANCE-CZECH REPUBLIC
The Czech 共和国 went 1-0 up against フラン when 21-year-old Thomas Machac 敗北・負かすd Gasquet 7-6, 6-2 (3) in Group C in Innsbruck. The 35-year-old Gasquet 譲歩するd 11 エースs against the 143rd-階級d Machac in an empty 円形競技場 because of coronavirus 制限s in Austria.
フラン evened the series when Adrian Mannarino 決起大会／結集させるd to 敗北・負かす Jiri Vesely 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-2, then Pierre-Hughes Herbert and Nicolas Mahut also （機の）カム from behind to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Jiri Lehecka and Machac 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Each matchup on indoor hard 法廷，裁判所s is a best-of-three series featuring two （テニスなどの）シングルス and one （テニスなどの）ダブルス match. The six group 勝利者s 加える the two second-place teams with the best 記録，記録的な／記録するs based on 始める，決めるs and games will 前進する to the 準々決勝.
The 18-team 競争 was not played last year because of the pandemic. There won't be any fans 許すd in Innsbruck, and capacity is at 60% in Turin and 75% in Madrid, where a good （人が）群がる was on 手渡す for the 開始 match between Sweden and Canada.
The event was held 完全に in Madrid over seven days in 2019, 存在 延長するd to 11 days this time after 批評 from players and fans over late-night matches in mostly empty 円形競技場s and not enough 残り／休憩（する） between matches.
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Sweden's Elias Ymer celebrates his victory over Canada's Steven Diez during their Davis Cup tennis match in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Sweden's Elias Ymer, left, shakes 手渡すs after （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Canada's Steven Diez during their Davis Cup tennis match in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Sweden's Elias Ymer celebrates his victory over Canada's Steven Diez during their Davis Cup tennis match in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Czech Tomas Machac serves against フラン's Richard Gasquet during a Davis Cup group C m atch between フラン and Czech 共和国 in Innsbruck, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. (Photo/Michael Probst)
フラン's Richard Gasquet serves against Czech Tomas Machac during a Davis Cup group C match between フラン and Czech 共和国 in Innsbruck, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. (Photo/Michael Probst)
Croatia's Borna Gojo 反応するs during the Davis Cup men's 選び出す／独身 決勝戦 tennis match against Australia's Alexei Popyrin at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, Italy, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Canada's Steven Diez returns the ball to Sweden's Elias Ymer during their Davis Cup tennis match at the Madrid 円形競技場 stadium in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Canada's Steven Diez returns the ball to Sweden's Elias Ymer during their Davis Cup tennis match at the Madrid 円形競技場 stadium in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Australia's Alexei Popyrin returns the ball to Croatia's Borna Gojo during their Davis Cup men's 選び出す／独身 決勝戦 tennis match at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, Italy, Thursday, N ov. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
