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Zverev powers Germany into Davis Cup Final 8 with a swift win over Prizmic, Britain also advances

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Zverev powers Germany into Davis Cup Final 8 with a swift win over Prizmic, Britain also advances
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Zverev powers Germany into Davis Cup Final 8 with a swift win over Prizmic, Britain also advances

2026-09-20 22:10 Last Updated At：22:20

HALLE, Germany (AP) — Alexander Zverev sent Germany through to the Davis Cup Final 8, outclassing Dino Prizmic on Sunday to secure a 3-1 victory over Croatia.

Zverev took just 77 minutes to ease to a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Prizmic, who was ranked more than 100 places below the U.S. Open and French Open champion.

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Great Britain's Henry Patten and Neal Skupski, left, celebrate with their teammates and coaches after defeating Ecuador's Diego Hidalgo and Gonzalo Escobar in the Davis Cup qualifier match in London, Sunday Sept. 20, 2026. (John Walton/PA via AP)

Great Britain's Henry Patten and Neal Skupski, left, celebrate with their teammates and coaches after defeating Ecuador's Diego Hidalgo and Gonzalo Escobar in the Davis Cup qualifier match in London, Sunday Sept. 20, 2026. (John Walton/PA via AP)
Great Britain's Neal Skupski, left, and Henry Patten celebrate during the Davis Cup qualifier match against Ecuador's Diego Hidalgo and Gonzalo Escobar in London, Sunday Sept. 20, 2026. (John Walton/PA via AP)

Great Britain's Neal Skupski, left, and Henry Patten celebrate during the Davis Cup qualifier match against Ecuador's Diego Hidalgo and Gonzalo Escobar in London, Sunday Sept. 20, 2026. (John Walton/PA via AP)
Croatia's Dino Prizmic plays Germany's Alexander Zverev during their Davis Cup tennis match in Halle, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP)

Croatia's Dino Prizmic plays Germany's Alexander Zverev during their Davis Cup tennis match in Halle, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP)
Germany's Alexander Zverev plays Croatia's Dino Prizmic during their Davis Cup tennis match in Halle, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP)

Germany's Alexander Zverev plays Croatia's Dino Prizmic during their Davis Cup tennis match in Halle, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP)
Germany's Alexander Zverev plays Croatia's Dino Prizmic during their Davis Cup tennis match in Halle, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP)

Germany's Alexander Zverev plays Croatia's Dino Prizmic during their Davis Cup tennis match in Halle, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP)
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Great Britain's Henry Patten and Neal Skupski, left, celebrate with their teammates and coaches after defeating Ecuador's Diego Hidalgo and Gonzalo Escobar in the Davis Cup qualifier match in London, Sunday Sept. 20, 2026. (John Walton/PA via AP)

Great Britain's Henry Patten and Neal Skupski, left, celebrate with their teammates and coaches after defeating Ecuador's Diego Hidalgo and Gonzalo Escobar in the Davis Cup qualifier match in London, Sunday Sept. 20, 2026. (John Walton/PA via AP)

Great Britain's Neal Skupski, left, and Henry Patten celebrate during the Davis Cup qualifier match against Ecuador's Diego Hidalgo and Gonzalo Escobar in London, Sunday Sept. 20, 2026. (John Walton/PA via AP)

Great Britain's Neal Skupski, left, and Henry Patten celebrate during the Davis Cup qualifier match against Ecuador's Diego Hidalgo and Gonzalo Escobar in London, Sunday Sept. 20, 2026. (John Walton/PA via AP)

Croatia's Dino Prizmic plays Germany's Alexander Zverev during their Davis Cup tennis match in Halle, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP)

Croatia's Dino Prizmic plays Germany's Alexander Zverev during their Davis Cup tennis match in Halle, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP)

Germany's Alexander Zverev plays Croatia's Dino Prizmic during their Davis Cup tennis match in Halle, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP)

Germany's Alexander Zverev plays Croatia's Dino Prizmic during their Davis Cup tennis match in Halle, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP)

Germany's Alexander Zverev plays Croatia's Dino Prizmic during their Davis Cup tennis match in Halle, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP)

Germany's Alexander Zverev plays Croatia's Dino Prizmic during their Davis Cup tennis match in Halle, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP)

Just like in Saturday’s victory over Matej Dodig, the second-ranked Zverev dominated on the indoor hardcourt in Halle, Germany, with Prizmic having no break-point chances.

Earlier Sunday, Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz overcame Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic 7-5, 6-2 to hand Zverev the opportunity to send Germany to the Final 8 in Bologna, Italy, in November.

Britain also advanced on Sunday, with doubles pair Henry Patten and Neal Skupski beating Gonzalo Escobar and Diego Hidalgo 6-3, 6-4 to secure a 3-0 win over Ecuador.

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Great Britain's Henry Patten and Neal Skupski, left, celebrate with their teammates and coaches after defeating Ecuador's Diego Hidalgo and Gonzalo Escobar in the Davis Cup qualifier match in London, Sunday Sept. 20, 2026. (John Walton/PA via AP)

Great Britain's Henry Patten and Neal Skupski, left, celebrate with their teammates and coaches after defeating Ecuador's Diego Hidalgo and Gonzalo Escobar in the Davis Cup qualifier match in London, Sunday Sept. 20, 2026. (John Walton/PA via AP)
Great Britain's Neal Skupski, left, and Henry Patten celebrate during the Davis Cup qualifier match against Ecuador's Diego Hidalgo and Gonzalo Escobar in London, Sunday Sept. 20, 2026. (John Walton/PA via AP)

Great Britain's Neal Skupski, left, and Henry Patten celebrate during the Davis Cup qualifier match against Ecuador's Diego Hidalgo and Gonzalo Escobar in London, Sunday Sept. 20, 2026. (John Walton/PA via AP)

 Croatia's Dino Prizmic plays Germany's Alexander Zverev during their Davis Cup tennis match in Halle, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP)

Croatia's Dino Prizmic plays Germany's Alexander Zverev during their Davis Cup tennis match in Halle, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP)
Germany's Alexander Zverev plays Croatia's Dino Prizmic during their Davis Cup tennis match in Halle, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP)

Germany's Alexander Zverev plays Croatia's Dino Prizmic during their Davis Cup tennis match in Halle, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP)

 Germany's Alexander Zverev plays Croatia's Dino Prizmic during their Davis Cup tennis match in Halle, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP)

Germany's Alexander Zverev plays Croatia's Dino Prizmic during their Davis Cup tennis match in Halle, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP)

NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — You had to move quickly to see teqball, one of the new sports on view at the Asian Games.

Competition wrapped up Sunday in the sport — the official opening day of the games. Several other new sports in the Asian Games also got early start days before the games officially opened on Saturday. This helped accommodate a crowded schedule.

More than 11,-000 athletes from 45 countries and regions will compete in 43 sports before the games close on Oct. 4.

Teqball combines football skills with a soccer-like ball that bounces on a curved table resembling a table tennis table. Teqball was created in 2014 in Hungary.

Teqball resembles, very roughly, the game of sepaktakraw, which is popular in Southeast Asia. In that game, players kick a ball over a net and show off their skills as acrobats.

See full AP coverage of Asian sports here

Indonesia's Sumaya plays a return against Myanmar's Khin Hnin Wai during their women's singles teqball final match at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Indonesia's Sumaya plays a return against Myanmar's Khin Hnin Wai during their women's singles teqball final match at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

 India's Quimcy Joaquim Dsouza controls the ball during the women's singles bronze-medal teqball match against Japan's Yuina Sakamoto at the 20th Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

India's Quimcy Joaquim Dsouza controls the ball during the women's singles bronze-medal teqball match against Japan's Yuina Sakamoto at the 20th Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

 Myanmar's Khin Hnin Wai celebrates after defeating Indonesia's Sumaya to win the gold medal during their women's singles teqball final match at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Myanmar's Khin Hnin Wai celebrates after defeating Indonesia's Sumaya to win the gold medal during their women's singles teqball final match at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

 Myanmar's Khin Hnin Wai plays a return against Indonesia's Sumaya during their women's singles teqball final match at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Myanmar's Khin Hnin Wai plays a return against Indonesia's Sumaya during their women's singles teqball final match at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

 Lebanon's Kamar Dandal controls the ball during the women's singles bronze-medal teqball match against Cambodia's Koemyean Dy at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Lebanon's Kamar Dandal controls the ball during the women's singles bronze-medal teqball match against Cambodia's Koemyean Dy at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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