Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic, in the Davis Cup EFE
Epic work of Jannik Sinner. The world No. 4 defeated Novak Djokovic and forced a defining doubles between Italy and Serbia for a place in the Davis Cup final in Malaga. Already in pairs, they also celebrated and got into the definition after the final 2-1.
In his singles, he won 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 after coming back from a triple match point when serving at 4-5, 0-40 in the third set.
Already in the doubles, Italy once again trusted Sinner along with Lorenzo Sonego, the duo that sealed the transalpine comeback in the quarterfinals, to defeat Djokovic and Miomir Kecmanovic, Serbia’s numbers one and two, 6-3 and 6- 4.
In the first turn, Miomir Kecmanovic had come back against Lorenzo Musetti (6-7, 6-2 and 6-1) in the number two duel of the semifinals, which forced Jannik Sinner to beat Novak Djokovic to keep Italy with life in the playoffs.
Italy turned to Lorenzo Musetti (27th in the world) instead of Matteo Arnaldi, who wasted three match points against the Dutch Botic van de Zandschulp in the quarterfinals (6-7, 6-3 and 7-6), but the change It did not prevent Kecmanovic from giving Serbia the first point of the series for the second consecutive time.
The doubles match then defined the place in the final, where Australia was already waiting for a magnificent Álex de Miñaurone of the most prominent players in the tournament held at the José María Martín Carpena Sports Palace.
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2023-11-25 17:31:16
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