Italy won Davis Cup title for the first time in 47 years

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Yannick Sinner continued his impressive performance and won his match as Italy defeated Australia in the final here on Sunday to win its first Davis Cup tennis title in almost five decades. Sinner, the world’s fourth seed in tennis, defeated Alex Di Minor 6-3, 6-0 in the second singles match of the final in Malaga, Spain on Sunday, ensuring Italy’s 2-0 victory. This is Italy’s first Davis Cup title since 1976. Matteo Arnoldi gave Italy a 1-0 lead by defeating Alexei Popyrin 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 in the first singles match. In the semi-finals against Serbia on Saturday, world number four Sinner defeated world number one player Novok Djokovic in both singles and doubles matches. 22 year old Sinner won all his five matches this week. Málaga will once again get a chance to host the last eight stage of the Davis Cup Finals next year. Spain was given a wild card on Sunday for the group stage in Valencia. Italy and Australia, who made it to the finals this year, will make it straight to the group stage in September. Great Britain, which lost to Serbia in the quarter-finals, will also get direct entry. The Women’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals will also be held once again in Seville, Spain next year.

Davis Cup started 123 years ago

If we look at the history of this tournament, we find that it started four years after the start of the Olympic Games, i.e. in 1900. So far 16 teams have become champions. America has won the maximum 32 titles. This is Italy’s first Davis Cup title since 1976. Italy has become champion for the second time in this 123 year old tournament. Italy has also been runner-up six times.

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