Matteo Berrettini justified his promotion to Italy's singles lineup by putting aside a collapse at the end of the first set and coming back to beat Australia's Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-5 Saturday, moving the defending Davis Cup champion to the verge of returning to the final.
Matteo Berrettini - The Canadian PressMALAGA, Spain — Matteo Berrettini justified his promotion to Italy's singles lineup by putting aside a collapse at the end of the first set and coming back to beat Australia's Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-7 , 6-3, 7-5 Saturday, moving the defending Davis Cup champion to the verge of returning to the final.
The second singles match of the best-of-three semifinal was scheduled to be No. 1-ranked Jannik Sinner of Italy against No. 9 Alex de Minaur of Australia. Sinner won this year’s Australian Open and U.S. Open for his first two Grand Slam trophies, then collected the title at the ATP Finals last week.Italy or Australia will meet first-time finalist Netherlands on Sunday on an indoor hard court at the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martina Carpena in southern Spain.
Italy can become the first country to win the Davis Cup twice in a row since the Czech Republic in 2012 and 2013. Italy’s women won the Billie Jean King Cup by defeating Slovakia in Malaga. Berrettini has been ranked as high as No. 6 and is currently No. 35 after missing chunks of time the past two seasons because of injuries or illness. He sat out two of this year’s four major tournaments and lost in the second round at each of the other two.
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