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Nadal delivers glory for Spain as Davis Cup starts new era

Nadal delivers glory for Spain as Davis Cup starts new era. [Courtesy]

Spain’s talisman Rafael Nadal sealed a sixth Davis Cup title for his country on Sunday when they beat Canada 2-0 in the final of the revamped event.

After a week of relentless tension and late-night heroics, it was perhaps asking too much for the first final in the Davis Cup’s new guise to deliver a classic and so it proved as Spain became the last nation standing of the 18 who assembled in Madrid.

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