Canada has a second chance at team tennis glory in the Davis Cup

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Canada's title defence at the Billie Jean King Cup was extremely short-lived.

A year after capturing the global women's team tennis championship for the first time in its 60-year history, Canada failed to even win a set in Sunday's 2-0 loss to Great Britain after receiving a bye to the quarterfinals. Rebecca Marino fell 6-0, 7-5 to Emma Raducanu before Leylah Fernandez went down 6-2, 6-4 to Katie Boulter to complete the British sweep.

Fortunately, Canada does not have to wait long for a shot at team tennis redemption. The men's Davis Cup Final 8 is now underway at the same indoor venue in Malaga, Spain that is hosting the Billie Jean King Cup Finals.

The Canadian men played their way here by going a perfect 3-0 in the group stage in September. Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov both won all three of their singles matches against Argentina, Finland and host England to send Canada to this week's quarterfinals.

Auger-Aliassime was also the driving force behind Canada's stunning Davis Cup victory in 2022. He upset then world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in group play before winning all three of his knockout-round matches to help his country hoist the Cup for the first time in its history, which dates back to 1900.

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But, for the second straight year, Canada's top singles player will miss the Final 8. Last year, Auger-Aliassime was scratched due to injury before the defending champs lost to Finland in the quarterfinals. This time, the world's