Sinner caps superb year as Italy retain Davis Cup title
Jannik Sinner caps an extraordinary 2024 season by battling past the Netherlands’ Tallon Griekspoor to help Italy defend their Davis Cup title.
Jannik Sinner caps an extraordinary 2024 season by battling past the Netherlands’ Tallon Griekspoor to help Italy defend their Davis Cup title.
Jannik Sinner will enter 2025 as the leading men’s player after capping a sensational year by retaining the Davis Cup with Italy.
Watch the best shots as world number one Jannick Sinner secures back-to-back Davis Cups for Italy by beating the Netherlands’ Tallon Griekspoor 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 in Malaga.
Italy is within one Jannik Sinner win of a successful defence of the Davis Cup in Malaga.
Matteo Berrettini overcame Botic van de Zandschulp 6-4, 6-2 on Sunday afternoon to put his country 1-0 up against the Netherlands in the final of the teams’ event. With his 76-minute victory, Berrettini handed World No. 1 Sinner the chance to seal the title for Italy by beating Tallon Griekspoor in the second singles rubber of the tie.
5 ⭐️ BERRETTINI@federtennis are ONE WIN AWAY from defending their #DavisCup trophy! 🇮🇹@DavisCup | #DavisCup | @MattBerrettini pic.twitter.com/SS0f8QZ5Za
— ATP Tour (@atptour) November 24, 2024
After a hard-fought opening, Berrettini won nine of 11 games from 3-4 in the first set to improve to 5-0 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head series with Van de Zandschulp. The Italian, who has this year lifted ATP Tour crowns in Marrakech, Gstaad and Kitzbühel, won 86 per cent (30/35) of points behind his first serve and did not face a break point en route to victory.
Should Italy go on to lift the trophy, whether via a Sinner singles win or a deciding doubles triumph, it will be the first country to successfully defend the Davis Cup crown since Czechia in 2013.
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