The championship tie of the 2024 Davis Cup Finals will function Jannik Sinner and Italy towards an upstart Dutch aspect. Botic van de Zandschulp has come up huge for the Netherlands within the No. 2 singles place.Jannik Sinner (ITA) vs. Tallon Griekspoor (NED)
Sinner and Griekspoor shall be going head-to-head for the sixth time of their careers once they conflict within the ultimate of the Davis Cup Finals between Italy and the Netherlands on Sunday in Malaga. All 5 of their earlier encounters have gone Sinner’s approach, together with three on indoor exhausting courts–all in straight units. Griekspoor managed to take a set in every of their two most up-to-date conferences, each this season on the Miami Masters and on the grass of Halle.
These are comparatively encouraging outcomes for Griekspoor, however one other indoor matchup towards the present model of Sinner provides the Dutchman a dire outlook. The world No. 1 is 26-1 in his final 27 matches courting again to the Cincinnati Masters and is coming off a sweep of the Nitto ATP Finals. Sinner has remained pink scorching with straight-set wins this week over Argentina’s Sebastian Baez and Australia’s Alex de Minaur. Griekspoor is 1-1 with a loss to Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz and a three-set defeat of Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff. Regardless that the world No. 40 is taking part in properly, it’s exhausting to see him critically testing Sinner.
Choose: Sinner in 2Matteo Berrettini (ITA) vs. Botic van de Zandschulp (NED)Van de Zandschulp has been the sudden star of the Davis Cup Finals thus far. He ended Rafael Nadal’s profession with quarterfinal victories in each singles and doubles after which survived a wild three-setter towards German Daniel Altmaier on Friday.
The world No. 80 will attempt to cap off his dream week in fashion when he battles Berrettini for the fifth time. Sadly for the Dutch workforce, this matchup is sort of as lopsided as Sinner vs. Griekspoor. Berrettini has gained all 4 of their earlier contests, together with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 Davis Cup victory earlier this season through the group stage. They confronted one another once more two months in the past in Tokyo, the place the world No. 35 cruised 6-3, 6-4. Berrettini has additionally been excellent in Malaga, profitable a decisive doubles rubber with Sinner towards Argentina after which outlasting Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-7(6), 6-3, 7-5 in a match the Aussies completely needed to have. The strain is on Van de Zandschulp figuring out he just about has to win this rubber, and–that issue apart–Berrettini is already the superior participant.
Choose: Berrettini in 2
