SANS Sininer, Italy begins defense of Davis Cup title by beating Austria

The two-time defending champion ended his Davis Cuff Finals campaign with a 2-0 sweep of Austria in front of a home crowd on Wednesday afternoon in Bologna.
Matteo Berrettini found the growth charges for the quarterfinal starting with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory over Jurij Rodionov. The former world no. Flavio Cobolli followed suit and gave the calching point with a 6-1, 6-3 rout of Filip Masip.
The Italians will go up against Belgium in the semi-finals on Friday. Belgium lost 2-0 to France on Tuesday. Despite not having land services in the country No. 2 Jannik of 2 JUNNIK ALL this time, the nation was held to be the big favorites across the Belgian side that contains Zizou Bergs and Raphael Collign.
“I really enjoyed getting on the court,” Berretti said. “I was really happy that I was called for the first time, then, I came here, I enjoyed this atmosphere, the team, my colleagues, they are my good friends. It is special for me.
“Ku [the 4-5] The game, I can say that I’m smart tennis is smart enough to know that games like that are possible. With my job, I can handle even if I am stubborn. I told myself to take it one point at a time. I worked well. I think I was really clutch. I’m happy about that. “
In the lower half of the bracket, it’s Germany vs. Argentina and Czechia vs. Spain on Thursday.



