The most anticipated protagonists who will definitely compete in one of the singles, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, will not be there, but the final. Davis Cup will see in frontItalian tennis by Filippo Volandri against Spanish. Our national team is chasing a historic triple title: a feat no one has accomplished since 1972, when Stan Smith’s United States won five straight. The Azzurri arrived with unprecedented enthusiasm after a huge 2-0 win against Belgium thanks to the incredible and epic Matteo Berrettini and Flavio Cobolli.
Spain beats Germany
Meanwhile, the Spanish team managed to reverse initial predictions that saw them, only on paper, as underdogs by defeating Alexander Zverev’s Germany, the only top ten ATP ranking member participating in the final. get a score of 2-1 in the deciding doubles with the pair Granollers-Martinez against the German pair Krawietz-Puetzl, in three sets, with a score of 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. In the first of two singles, Spain’s Pablo Carreño Busta beat Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff in two sets, then Zverev evened the score against Spain’s Jaume Munar by winning both sets in a tie break.
Alcaraz’s encouragement
After Spain’s doubles win, ATP number one Carlos Alcarazm rejoiced on social media at the victory achieved by his national team mates. “Let’s go. Big! See you tomorrow for the trophy“, he wrote on Instagram. The player from Spain was absent along with Davis due to a thigh injury which forced him to withdraw.
Blues charge
It’s too early to know who will play for Italy but in the front row there are definitely two protagonists, Berrettini and Cobolli. In the post-Belgium press conference, captain Volandri called the team “united and strong“, although currently, as he emphasized after the success against the Flemish, “it’s hard for everyone“also because”in the final the ranking doesn’t really matter, especially in the Davis Cup“. Italtennis is truly a “friendly team”, first of all, which millions of Italians who followed the matches against Austria and Belgium fell in love with again and who also play “soccer tennis” in training today.
Precedent
Italy and Spain will face each other in the Davis Cup between Italy and Spain for
14th time but this is the first confrontation in 19 years. The two countries last met in the 2006 World Group playoffs with captains Filippo Volandri and David Ferrer both playing in that match.
