SYDNEY/PERTH/WASHINGTON, December 31, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Flavio Cobolli saved a match point during an 18-point, second-set tiebreaker against Ugo Humbert at the United Cup inside Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney Tuesday afternoon during Italy’s Group D tie with France. […]
ITF Press Release, December 6, 2024 Italy have been confirmed as the year-end No. 1 nation in both the Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge and Davis Cup nations rankings, which have been published by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) […]
ITF Press Release, December 2, 2024 Italy will host the Davis Cup Final 8 from 2025 to 2027, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced. The Final 8 event is the pinnacle of the annual Davis Cup team competition, the […]
MALAGA/WASHINGTON, November 27, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Jannik Sinner had just clinched Italy’s second consecutive Davis Cup title and capped his breakthrough season at the top of men’s tennis Sunday in Malaga, Spain. Now, it was time for him to […]
MALAGA/WASHINGTON, November 25, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Italy won its second consecutive Davis Cup championship – and third in its history – with its 2-0 shutout of the Netherlands in Sunday’s Final in Malaga, Spain. What began with Matteo Berrettini‘s […]
MALAGA/WASHINGTON, November 24, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) The Davis Cup rivalry between European nations Italy and the Netherlands goes back more than a century. After the Netherlands won the first meeting between the two nations 101 years ago in 1923, […]
MALAGA/WASHINGTON, November 23, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Defending champion Italy rode the good fortunes of Matteo Berrettini and Jannik Sinner to a pair of huge victories over Australia that secured their return to the Davis Cup final in Malaga Saturday […]
MALAGA/WASHINGTON, November 22, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Italy knows a thing or two about winning Davis Cup ties by a 2-1 score. During the Finals group stage at Bologna in September, the Italians defeated Brazil, Belgium and the Netherlands – […]
MALAGA/WASHINGTON, November 21, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Throughout championship week at the Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Finals in Malaga, World No. 4 Jasmine Paolini was near perfect. After all, she won four of the five matches she played […]
MALAGA/WASHINGTON, November 19, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Italy are four-time Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Finals champions but have not won this season-ending team competition in 11 years. Their defeat in the final last year to Canada was as […]
