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MADRID — Winter is coming, but for Canadian tennis, the snowball effect is already a thing.
Little more than two months after Bianca Andreescu became the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title, the Canadian men will play in the final of the Davis Cup for the first time.
Now for the downside: Their next opponent is the home team, Spain, whose inspired leader Rafael Nadal is undefeated this week.
But that did not diminish the Canadians’ delight on Saturday after they defeated Russia, 2-1, in an on-the-edge semifinal.