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In the impressive 6:3.6:0 against Alex de Minaur, the fourth in the world rankings confirmed his world class in Malaga. Previously, Matteo Arnaldi won 7:5,2:6,6:4 against Alexei Popyrin. Italy had only previously won the Davis Cup in 1976.
Sinner thus crowned a personally strong season and an excellent year-end spurt. In the semi-finals of the Davis Cup on Saturday he spoiled the Serbian world number one Novak Djokovic’s hoped-for entry into the final. Sinner defeated the record Grand Slam winner first after defending match points in the singles and then in the doubles for the decisive win against Serbia. At the ATP finals the previous week, Sinner lost the final against Djokovic.
“It helps a lot to play for the whole team. It was an incredible feeling for all of us,” said Sinner. “Thank you to the Australian team for coming all the way here.” Australia is 28-time champion, but has not won since 2003 and also lost in the final last year against Canada.
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