Toronto's Daniel Nestor and Frank Dancevic of Niagara Falls, Ont., won their doubles match Saturday in Toronto to lead Canada to a 3-0 sweep of the Dominican Republic in their Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I tie.

With the win, Canada remains in the Americas Zone Group I, which is one tier below the 16-country World Group, for the upcoming year.

The Dominican Republic is now relegated to Americas Zone Group II.

Next year will offer the Canadians a chance to move up into the elite World Group, and while Nestor stopped short of any predictions, he likes the look of the group moving forward.

"I think our team looks good for next year," said Nestor. "If Frank plays singles and if Peter [Polansky] and Milos [Raonic] keep playing the way they're capable of playing, we have three good singles players and a good doubles player."

Canada required nine sets to win the two opening singles matches Friday night but Saturday's clinching win was more routine. Nestor, the world's third-ranked doubles player, and Dancevic needed just one hour 22 minutes to dispatch Victor Estrella and Jhonson Garcia 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.

Estrella and Garcia replaced countrymen Luis Delgado and Jose Hernandez, who were originally scheduled to play doubles.

Nestor and Dancevic were rarely in jeopardy. They won 12 of the first 13 points in the match and did not face a single break point throughout the three-set tilt. The Canadians only lost 14 total points in 14 service games.

The win represented the 42nd Davis Cup victory of Nestor's 18-year career on the team, both of which are Canadian records. He has won 27 of his 31 career Davis Cup doubles matches, and has offered no indication that he is looking to slow down.

"I'm still playing a full schedule and I'm planning on playing Davis Cup," said Nestor. "I think I play better the more I play nowadays and Davis Cup is always an important week."

For Dancevic, the match served as another step in his return from back surgery earlier this year. With the doubles win, along with a quarter-final appearance at an ATP event in Newport, he feels he is on the road to full recovery.

"I've put a lot of work and time in and I think it was great to get a couple of matches in already and have some wins under my belt," said Dancevic. "I feel like I'm on track right now with my recovery."

The tie concludes Sunday with Polansky of Thornhill, Ont., scheduled to face Estrella while Raonic, also of Thornhill, taking on Garcia.