The defence of the title begins at the Unipol Arena in Bologna Davis Cup on the part of Italy. To get to the Final Eight in Malaga, scheduled from 19 to 25 November, the Italian team led by Philip Volandri must finish first or second in Group A, which also features Brazil, the Netherlands and Belgium (who beat the Dutch 2-1 in the first match). The journey will begin against the South American team captained by Jaime Oncins, who will play the Davis Cup finals for the first time thanks to their victory over Sweden in the preliminaries.
Volandri: “Sinner has broad shoulders. We are expecting him to cheer on the Italian Davis Cup team in Bologna”
The program, Arnaldi and Berrettini play
The first indoor cement match in Bologna will see opponents at 3pm Matthew Arnaldi and Thiago Monteiro. Volandri, who has given up on Sinner and Musetti for this phase, has in fact chosen as Italian no. 1 the 23-year-old from Sanremo, who won the ballot with Cobolli. Facing him will be the 30-year-old from Fortaleza, no. 78 in the world. Next up will be Matthew Berrettiniwho has put aside a small physical problem suffered at the US Open: the current number 43 in the ranking will face the emerging 2006 Joao Fonseca, who in recent months has climbed the world rankings to number 158. If, after the two matches, the situation is tied, then it will be the turn of the doubles pair Bolelli-Vavassori: who will face Marcelo Melo and Rafael Matos.
Where to watch matches on TV and streaming
The Italians’ Davis Cup matches can be viewed both on Sky on the Sky Sport Uno (201) and Sky Sport Tennis (203) channels and on free-to-air Rai, which will broadcast the match against Brazil on Rai 2 until 7:40 pm, and then move on to Rai Sport (channel 58 on digital terrestrial). All the matches are also available in streaming on the SkyGo, Now, RaiPlay and SuperTenniX platforms.
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– 2024-09-20 03:19:19
