Short process with Australia
Sinner leads Italy to Davis Cup triumph
November 26, 2023, 8:42 p.m
Italy’s tennis professionals complete the coup and win the Davis Cup for only the second time in history. In the final, the selection of Jannik Sinner, fourth in the world rankings, prevails against Australia, and the duel is already decided after the two singles.
Led by Jannik Sinner, Italy celebrated their Davis Cup triumph for the first time in 47 years. In the final of the prestigious team competition, the 22-year-old South Tyrolean scored the second point against Australia. In the impressive 6:3, 6:0 against Alex de Minaur, the world number four confirmed his world class on Sunday in Malaga. Previously, Sinner’s teammate Matteo Arnaldi won 7:5, 2:6, 6:4 against Australian Alexei Popyrin and thus took the first step towards a second Davis Cup title.
Arnaldi then spoke of “one of the most important matches of my career”. Sinner said: “Playing for a team is always an incredible feeling. That helps us all a lot. We are very happy.” Italy had only previously won the Davis Cup in 1976. Australia has a completely different history in the Davis Cup, de Minaur and Co. missed the chance for their 29th title. The tennis nation, serial winner in the 50s and 60s, has been waiting for triumph since 2003. Australia beat Finland in the semi-finals.
Sinner thus crowned a personally strong season and an excellent year-end spurt. In the semi-finals of the Davis Cup on Saturday he spoiled the Serbian world number one Novak Djokovic’s hoped-for entry into the final. Sinner defeated the record Grand Slam winner first after defending match points in singles and then in doubles for the decisive win against Serbia. At the ATP finals the previous week, Sinner lost the final against Djokovic.
The German tennis men haven’t had a chance of winning this year’s Davis Cup title since February because they surprisingly lost to Switzerland and missed out on the group stage in September. Defending champion Canada was eliminated in the quarterfinals this time. The new season in the team competition begins for the German tennis men in February 2024 with an away game in Hungary.