pShaking off the disappointment of his modest U.S. hard court season, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a has led Spain to the 2024 Davis Cup Final 8 with a 6-3, 6-3 win Friday against Francersquo;s a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ugo-humbert/hh26/overview'Ugo Humbert/a in Valencia. /p
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"The level that I played from the beginning to the last ball, I was really focused, really intense. It was probably one of the best matches I have played this year and after my last month I need these kind of matches," said the World No. 3 in the PIF ATP Rankings./p
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Earlier in the day, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roberto-bautista-agut/bd06/overview'Roberto Bautista Agut/a rallied to a 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-fils/f0f1/overview'Arthur Fils/a, who served for the match at 5-4 in the second set./p
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Alcaraz said that the team atmosphere of Davis Cup was just what he needed to spark him out of a mini slump, which saw him lose to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/botic-van-de-zandschulp/v812/overview'Botic van de Zandschulp/a in the second round of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a following an opening-round loss to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gael-monfils/mc65/overview'Gael Monfils/a in Cincinnati./p
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"I need this week, being with the team, with all the players, all the staff from the Federation,rdquo; Alcaraz said. ldquo;Having them cheer me on in every point. Off the court we have a really good relationship. I need this atmosphere and these matches where I feel I am not playing alone. My energy is getting higher."/pblockquote class="twitter-tweet"p lang="en" dir="ltr"Sit back amp; enjoy some a href="
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Spain, the six-time Davis Cup champions registered a dominant 3-0 win over Czechia on Wednesday. A win over Australia on Sunday would see them finish at the top of the Group B table. /p
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Australia, poised to make the Final 8 with Spain, also has two victories: a 3-0 win over Czechia and a 2-1 win over France. /p
pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/simone-bolelli/ba98/overview'Simone Bolelli/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrea-vavassori/va08/overview'Andrea Vavassori/a led Italy to a 2-1 victory against Belgium after a decisive 7-6 (2), 7-5 win over a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sander-gille/gd32/overview'Sander Gille/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/joran-vliegen/v895/overview'Joran Vliegen/a on Friday in Bologna. Italy, the 2023 champion, now sits atop Group A with a 2-0 lead./p
pAfter a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matteo-berrettini/bk40/overview'Matteo Berrettini/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/zizou-bergs/bu13/overview'Zizou Bergs/a split wins earlier in the day, the tie was decided by the doubles rubber. Berrettini got Italy off to a solid start with a 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 win over a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-blockx/b0pg/overview'Alexander Blockx/a in the first singles match of the day. He notched his fifth consecutive singles victory for Italy in the Davis Cup. Bergs responded by beating a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/flavio-cobolli/c0e9/overview'Flavio Cobolli/a 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-0, avenging his loss to World No. 32 at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a two weeks ago./p
pCaptained by a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/filippo-volandri/v254/overview'Filippo Volandri/a, Italy also won 2-1 against Brazil on Wednesday. Despite a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a’s absence, the defending champion will qualify for the Final 8 if it beats The Netherlands on Sunday./p
pBelgium will face Brazil on Saturday as it looks to stay in contention for a spot in the Final 8. Belgium defeated The Netherlands 2-1 on Tuesday. The Dutchmen, who also remain hopeful of advancing to Malaga, notched their sole win by defeating Brazil 2-1 on Thursday./p
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