We are here now, the long wait is over: Italian tennis by Filippo Volandri is ready to play at the “Super Tennis Arena” in Bologna for the Round of Eight Davis Cup with the protagonists and winners of the Azzurri in the last two editions. Orphans Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti, challenging the team consisting of Matteo Berrettini, Flavio Cobolli, Lorenzo Sonego and the doubles team consisting of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori for a place in the semifinals will beAustria. In yesterday’s first match, Belgium surprisingly beat France 2-0 and awaits the winner of Italy-Austria.
Who controls the field
From the rumors of the last few hours, the first singles match starting at 4pm will feature our Matteo Berrettini (number 56 in the ATP rankings) challenges Yurij Rodionov (number 160). But there are doubts: Lorenzo Sonego can play if the Roma player still feels a little discomfort in his back as seen in yesterday’s training. After that, the second singles match will feature Flavio’s presence cowboy (ranked 22nd ATP) faced Filip Misolic (ranked 80th). The possible doubles, which will be played if the scores are level, will pit Bolelli-Vavassori against the Austrian pair of Erler and Miedler.
Volandri’s optimism
“After two wins, we clearly feel the responsibility to play here in Italy“, explained captain Volandri ahead of the match against Austria.”We are used to feeling this pressure, so we can’t wait to start this competition.”. The captain emphasized to the press that the Davis Cup is not an ordinary tournament. “This is completely different, also because rankings often don’t matter, so I’m not surprised that Austria made it through.“.
Austrian Power
Even without Sinner and Musetti, Italy should not be afraid of their Austrian opponents, but certainly respect them. “They put up a big challenge before qualifying for the Final Eight, so we have a lot of respect for them.”but also us, Volandri then added, “we know we are a very strong team“.
Azzurri hopes
Flavius cowboy he emphasized that he was “the youngest” from this group but “don’t feel like leaders in this team: in fact, we are all leaders, we have a very good relationship even off the pitch and we always try to help each other at any time of the day“.
Matthew Berrettini instead he talked about the final between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alzaraz at the 2025 ATP Finals with a record rating, something “unthinkable until a few years ago“, due to the fact that”Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz moved a lot in Italy and around the world: this is a very important event.”
Where to watch the races on TV
Tennis fans can follow the Italy-Austria Davis Cup match from 16.00 only on Supertennis channel 64 digital terrestrial. You can follow it streaming on SupertenniX.
