The 20 year old world number 10. turned his singles on Monday in Turin against the former US Open winner Marin Cilic from Croatia and won 3: 6, 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 3. But then Sinner and Fabio Fognini lost the decisive double against the Olympic champions Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic 3: 6, 4: 6. At the beginning the Italian Lorenzo Sonego surprisingly had against the world number 279. Borna Gojo 6: 7 (2: 7), 6: 2, 2: 6 lost out.
Croatia will travel to Madrid for the semi-finals and will face Serbia with world number one Novak Djokovic or Kazakhstan in the competition of nations. The two teams will play against each other in another quarter-finals on Wednesday. The Italians had to do without the Wimbledon winner Matteo Berrettini, who had previously injured his abdominal muscles at the ATP Finals in Turin in his opening game against Alexander Zverev from Hamburg.
Without their top player Zverev, who decided not to participate in the Davis Cup, the German tennis men reached the quarter-finals. On Tuesday (4.00 p.m. / Innsbruck) they will play against Great Britain for a place in the semi-finals.
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Stand: 30.11.2021, 00:42
