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By the second, behind Canada, the Italian Davis Cup the team runs the risk of catching Places called Novak Djokovic in Serbia. Serbian exists, unlike Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz who withdrew after the US Open. Former Slam legend Adriano Panatta also expressed his opinion on this, commenting on the Davis Cup as the second voice of the Italian TV broadcaster Rai.
Panatta explains: “We are going to Malaga, but we are in the same part of the draw as Novak Djokovic’s Serbia.
The Serbian gave a good lesson to Sinner and Alcaraz by showing in Valencia. Can you sin in Malaga? Volandri will summon him so that the strongest will be called, it is his responsibility to say yes. I really believe he’s there in Malaga.” In Malaga, Italy reckoned with the absences of Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini.
Despite this, the national team led by Filippo Volandri can count on Lorenzo Musetti, Lorenzo Sonego and Matteo Arnaldi. Starting as favorites, the road was more difficult than expected: the qualification was achieved with a 2-1 victory against Chile and, against Sweden , after winning the first singles match against Leo Borg.
Panatta also expressed Italy’s chances in the Davis Cup
Panatta analyzed: “We are clear favorites in this group.
The 3-0 that Canada gave us seems like a tragedy. And instead we redeemed ourselves well against Chile. Canada avoids problems. This allows us to have the qualification against Sweden in our hands.” The Italian Davis Cup team will fly to Malaga for the final rounds.
After the cases of Jannik Sinner and Fabio Fognini, Matteo Arnaldi and Lorenzo Sonego, especially the former, dragged the national team led by Filippo Volandri towards the next stage, which will be held in November. The appointment, therefore, is from November 21 to 26 to determine who will be the new winner of the competition: who will take over Canada?