Vasek Pospisil and Gabriel Diallo won their Davis Cup singles matches Thursday to give defending champion Canada a win over Sweden.
Pospisil's 25 service aces spurred the Canadian to a 7-6, 5-7, 6-2 victory over Leo Borg, followed by Diallo's 6-4, 6-3 win over Elias Ymer in Bologna.
Both countries earned byes to the group stage of this year's finals. The top two in each group advance to November's final eight in Malaga, Spain. The 33-year-old Pospisil of Vernon, B.C., took a break from tennis of over two months between February and April to heal injuries. He hit 26 forehand winners to Borg's nine Thursday.
"This was a big win for us and for me. This was one of the few healthy matches I've played. The U.S. Open was the first time I played a match with no pain this year.
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