First victory in 47 years: Italy wins the Davis Cup for the second time

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Thanks to an excellent Jannik Sinner (22), Italy won the Davis Cup for the second time after 1976. In the final in Malaga, the “Azzurri” beat Australia 2-0.

World number 4 Sinner wins all three singles and, in addition to Lorenzo Sonego (28), also the two decisive ones at the final tournament in the south of Spain, where, as has been customary for a few years now, quarter-finals, semi-finals are played within a week, the finals and played the final. Doubles against the Netherlands and Serbia.

Sinner doesn’t give Australia a chance

Sinner delivered his masterpiece in the semi-final against world number one Novak Djokovic. The 22-year-old South Tyrol was 4:5 and 0:40 behind in the third set, but managed to fend off all three match points and took revenge in an exciting match for the eventual defeat at the ATP final of a a week ago.

On Sunday, Sinner had an easier time against Australia, which had already lost to Canada in the final last year. Thanks to the three-set victory of Matteo Arnaldi (22, ATP 44) against Alexei Popyrin (24, ATP 40), he went into the match against Alex de Minaur with a 1-0 lead. With 6:3, 6:0 he gives twelfth place in the world rankings, which was also undefeated this week, no chance. (SDA/men)

Source : Blick