Two players aged 37 and 35 who started playing Davis Cup 15 years ago, Simone Bolelli and Fabio FogniniHe beat the Americans on Thursday, putting Italy in the semifinals of the competition Tommy Paul and Jack Socks 6-4 and 6-4 at the decisive point in doubles.

With their specialist rackets, they broke the tie they inherited in the draw after winning Italy. Lorenzo Sonego a Frances Tiafoe 6-3 and 7-6 (7) and American taylor fritz a lorenzo musetti With 7-6 (8) and 6-3.

The opponent of the Italians in the semi-finals will come out of the match between them. Germany and Canadawill be played this Thursday.

The Italians reached the Davis Cup finals without their two best players. Jannik Sinner and Matteo BerrettiniBoth are injured, but if he recovers in the second week and capital Filippo Volandri has him, he will officially stay with the team.

They reached their first semi-finals since 2014. They won only one championship in 1976.

On the contrary, the USA team that dominated Davis Cup history with a full set 32 salad bowls, He was reduced to eight in his first commit in the final. They haven’t won the competition they invented since 2007.

Third best double player in the world ranking, Rajeev CoachThe brand new ATP champion in Turin is not in Malaga as summoned by Fish. Instead, Paul was playing his first doubles match in a competition he made his debut in 2020.

Bolelli and Fognini used their knowledge of being in the first arm. an extra walk in the final stage: idle play on serve, timeout for 5-4 and quick consolidation for set.

They repeated the pattern in the next quarter. 4-3 breaks. A direct kick from Fognini gave them victory and unleashed the party in the stands of Martín Carpena, painted blue by numerous transalp fans.

The day started with the spectacular match between Lorenzo Sonego and Frances Tiafoe, where Italy brought their country forward with a 1-0 victory. 6-3 and 7-6 (7). It was a sharp confrontation of pure offensive nature, carried out by two fearless players.

Sonego, who is number 45 in the ranking, did not lose a game in the service and transferred all the pressure to his team. Tiafoe, 19 ATP and accepting the challenge. The North American neither speculated nor deprived Martín Carpena’s audience from his show.

this four unique breakpoints He resolved what Sonego accepted throughout the game, either with a direct hit with his best weapon, or by climbing the net after the American’s obligatory remnants.

“I was more aggressive than I was two years ago. I played against him in Paris and lost 6-4, 6-4. But today I was very aggressive on the way back and in the service. I did a very good job at the break and set points,” explained the Italian.

But Lorenzo Musetti, who were number one transalpines before the absences, couldn’t do it with Taylor Fritz later on on paper. Malaga’s fittest playerAfter playing the semi-finals of the masters tournament in Turin.

It was a quick points game. Fritz was eliminated a set point for the rest in the first set, but eventually failed to avoid the fourth of these finals, the tie-break. The tiebreaker was long, 10-8, the result was achieved after two sets of shots for each.

Musetti, who started in 59th place this year and is now 23rd, could not react in the next set. Fritz broke for 3-2 and seamlessly consolidate the advantage.

Italian couples came to the rescue and unbeatably signed a decisive spot and semi-final ticket on Saturday.