Sydney, Jan. 6 -- Zizou Bergs stunned men's world No. 5 Felix Auger-Aliassime on Tuesday as Belgium beat Canada 3-0 in Sydney to power into the mixed teams United Cup quarterfinals.
Belgium faced the tough task of needing to sweep second seed Canada to finish top of Group B and automatically qualify for the knockout stages.
After Bergs and Elise Mertens beat higher-ranked opponents in their respective singles matches, the pair then combined to overcome Victoria Mboko and Cleeve Harper 6-3, 3-6, 10-5 in a thrilling mixed doubles match.
The result means Canada is eliminated along with China, the group's other team.
42nd-ranked Bergs gave Belgium a flying start after producing the biggest win of his career, rolling past Auger-Aliassime 6-4...