Canada forces decisive 5th match in Davis Cup qualifier against Hungary

Canada has rallied back to force a decisive fifth match against Hungary in Davis Cup action Sunday.

Montreal's Gabriel Diallo rolled to a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Hungary's Fabian Marozsan in the men's team tennis tournament first-round qualifier at Montreal's IGA Stadium.

Earlier, Vasek Pospisil of Vernon, B.C., and Liam Draxl of Newmarket, Ont., defeated Hungary's Mate Valkusz and Peter Fajta 7-6 (2), 6-4 in a must-win doubles match.

Canada's back was against the wall after falling behind 2-0 in the best-of-five tie with two singles losses Saturday. Marozsan beat Alexis Galarneau of Laval, Que., before Marton Fucsovics toppled Diallo.

Galarneau will battle against Fucsovics in the fifth match later Sunday.

The winner of the two-day tie advances to the second round of qualifiers in September. The losing team will be relegated to the World Group 1 level.

Canada has reached the quarterfinals the last two years and won nine of its last 10 home ties.

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Canada forces deciding 5th match at Davis Cup qualifiers as Diallo cruises past Marozsan

Canada is ranked third in the Davis Cup standings, while Hungary is 22nd. But top Canadians Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov are unavailable this weekend.

No. 22 Auger-Aliassime won the Open Occitanie in Montpellier, France, earlier Sunday and the 53rd-ranked Shapovalov withdrew from the Davis Cup last week, citing a back injury.

Hungary made a late change to its doubles lineup Sunday, replacing Marozsan with Fajta.

Pospisil, 34, is a doubles specialist who climbed to a career-high No. 4 ranking in 2015. The 23-year-old Draxl is ranked No. 113, but the two players competed together for the first time.

Meanwhile, Valkusz does not have a