Ymer brothers give Sweden shock win over Argentina as Davis Cup Finals begin

Mikael Ymer and Elias Ymer kicked off the Davis Cup with wins over Diego Schwartzman and Sebastien Baez respectively

Tennis – Davis Cup – Group A – Argentina v Sweden – The Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy – September 13, 2022 Sweden’s Mikael Ymer reacts after winning his group stage match against Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman || 241330_0055

Simon Cambers

September 13, 2022

The Davis Cup Finals began on Tuesday and began with a bang as Sweden clinched a shock win over Argentina in Bologna.

Mikael Ymer clinched van unassailable 2-0 lead with a brilliant 6-2, 6-2 win over world No 17 Diego Schwartzman, following his brother Elias’s 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4) win over Sebastien Baez.

Siblings success 🤜🤛@MikaelYmer and brother @eliasymer put on a show #DavisCup #byRakuten | @Tennisnyheter pic.twitter.com/RXa9q3q3G9
— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) September 13, 2022

Australia win opener in Group C

Jason Kubler and Alex de Minaur won their singles matches as Australia began their campaign with a 3-0 win over Belgium.

Kubler beat Zizou Bergs 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 and De Minaur then crushed David Goffin 6-2, 6-2. The Australian pair of Matt Ebden and Max Purcell then joined forces to beat Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen 6-1, 6-3.

Clean sweep 🧹#DavisCup #byRakuten | @TennisAustralia pic.twitter.com/QFU8HHlz4V
— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) September 13, 2022

Canada were playing Republic of Korea in Group B while the Netherlands were taking on Kazakhstan in the day’s other matches.

Spain, led by US Open champion and new world No 1 Carlos Alcaraz, Britain, Serbia – without Novak Djokovic – and the United States are among the other teams due to play later this week.