Jannik Sinner finished an excellent season with additional medals when Italy won the Davis Cup for the second consecutive year.
World No. 1 defeated Tallon Griekspoor in straight sets to secure a 2-0 victory for Italy against the Netherlands. With this victory, Italy will be the 2024 Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup champions.
Sinner made history by being the first player to win the Davis Cup, the Nitto ATP Finals, and two Grand Slams in the same season with a record of 73-6 win-loss at the end of the year.
With this, the athlete said: “It has been an amazing year. I’m very proud of the whole team… 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.”
Highlights of the match
Griekspoor made an effort against Sinner, particularly in a first set of outstanding play in which he set up the only two break-point opportunities in the third game. However, Sinner was up to the challenge and matched his opponent’s playing level to avoid break points. The Italian took the set with an ace after putting on a spectacular drop shot to lead 5-2 in the tie-break.
After losing to Sinner in a single game with two amazing backhand passing strokes, Griekspoor threw everything at him in the second set. Sinner remained strong in the end, breaking for a performance record of 3-2 once more before winning three straight games.
Even though Griekspoor had saved three match points from 40-0, the world No. 1 secured victory with a serve out wide that Griekspoor was unable to return.
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Source: Eurosport