Italians Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Sonego They turned the Davis Cup quarter-final match, which started with a 2-1 defeat against the Netherlands, after prevailing in the doubles. Tallon Griekspoor and Wesley Koolhof In two sets (6-3 and 6-4) the Transalpin team reached the semi-finals of the tournament held in Malaga.
With this important victory, Italy Fulfilled the condition of being one of the favorites and moved one step closer to lifting the Salad Bowl for the second time in its history, but will face one of the other two strongest teams in the semi-finals: Serbia or Great Britain, who will meet in the final this Thursday afternoon. quarter final section.
Mental toughness emerged in the first match of the day. Botic van de Zandschulp Returned with merit after a great match against the Netherlands and gave the Netherlands their first point Matteo Arnaldi (6-7, 6-3 and 7-6) in almost three hours of play.
Next up is an Italian number. Jannik Sinner, Recovered in time from the Dutchman’s coup Tallon Griekspoor (7-6 and 6-1) made the score 1-1 in the quarter-final series of the tournament.
Inside The decisive struggle of couples, The Transalpine team started well but not much better than the Netherlands. With the score at 4-3 in doubles, Italy showed great chemistry on the court to break the Netherlands’ serve and almost immediately gave way to 6-3 due to unstoppable inertia.
The sinner was safe for the rest He was also lethal when placed in front of the net. It was Italy’s support, but the blue and whites also attracted attention with Lorenzo Sonego and his high peaks.
The Italians have fed the emotional factor very well as the fans are always warm at the Palace of Sports José María Martín Carpena Malaga’s Grieskpoor, on the Dutch side, looked mentally impressed after falling to Sinner minutes earlier in the second duel of the tie.
It was Koolhof who kept Holland’s hopes going in the second quarter. The world number 23’s mistakes were damagingespecially when you have two aggressive and brave tennis players like Sinner and Sonego in front of you.
In doubles, the Dutch corrected to take four games in the second set, believing this and suggesting more fluid tennis, but they failed to do so. strong service We lost 2 sets to 0 due to the intensity of Sinner and Sonego (6-4).
Based on Italy’s qualifications, there are three teams that have qualified for the Davis Cup semi-finals in Malaga: Australia and Czech RepublicThe Italian team that will face each other on Friday (16.00) and the Italian team waiting for its opponent on Saturday. It might be the latter Serbia Novak Djokovic, who will make his debut in his second match against England’s Cameron Norrie, or Britain.