MONTREAL – The Canadian Davis Cup team will defend its title at next month’s Final 8 stage in Malaga, Spain. Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime, Vasek Pospisil of Vernon, BC, Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo and Alexis Galarneau of Laval, Quebec, were all on the 2022 team that beat Australia in the final. The five-man roster will represent Canada for the Nov 21-26 competition. Auger-Aliassime,world No. 19, will be at the Davis Cup for the sixth time in his career. He lost his first group stage match last year before earning eight straight wins en route to the title. Pospisil, who has a 31-24 career record in Davis Cup play, won all four of his matches in the group stage this year. Diallo and Galarneau, are up-and-coming young players on the ATP Tour. Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., who won the opening singles match in last year’s final, was not on the roster. He has battled knee issues at times this season. Canada will play Finland in the quarterfinals on Nov 21 at the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena. Top-ranked Canada qualified for the Final 8 by winning the Group A pool last September in Bologna, Italy. Semifinals will be played Nov. 24-25 and the final is set for Nov. 26.