Jannik Sinner, Italy beat Netherlands to win 2nd straight Davis Cup

Field Level Media|published: Sun 24th November, 18:33 2024

Jannik Sinner celebrates after defeating Taylor Fritz in the men's singles final of the 2024 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York on Sept. 8, 2024.

World No. 1 Jannik Sinner defeated Tallon Griekspoor to deliver Italy the 2024 Davis Cup title over the Netherlands on Sunday in Malaga, Spain.

Sinner, who won his first two Grand Slam titles this year at the Australian and U.S. opens, added a second straight Davis Cup to his sterling resume after Italy beat Australia in the finals last year.

Italy's Matteo Berrettini swept past Botic van de Zandschulp 6-4, 6-2 in 78 minutes to open the match. Sinner and Griekspoor didn't break serve throughout the first set until Sinner ran away with the tiebreaker.

Then, knotted 1-1 in the second set, Sinner won Griekspoor's next three service games to run out to a 5-2 lead. He grabbed a 40-0 lead in the eighth game but Griekspoor saved three straight match points to remain on life support.

Sinner went up an advantage and finally finished the job on his fourth match point. His win meant a doubles match was not required to decide the final.

"It has been an amazing year. I'm very proud of the whole team," Sinner said. "There is a lot of work behind it and I'm very happy to hold this trophy again. It was a very difficult day today, because anything can happen."

Sinner hit 15 aces with just one double fault to Griekspoor's six aces. The World No. 1 committed only nine unforced errors and saved 2 of 3 break points. Berrettini had 16 aces against van de Zandschulp.

--Field Level Media

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