Italy will play for a Davis Cup three-peat with out its high two singles stars.
Lorenzo Musetti confirmed he has withdrawn from subsequent week’s Davis Cup Closing 8 in Bologna. Musetti, who misplaced to Carlos Alcaraz in his last ATP Finals round-robin match yesterday, joins world No. 2 Jannik Sinner who had beforehand pulled out of the Davis Cup competitors.
Musetti cited fatigue from his prolonged play to qualify for the ATP Finals in Turin—he performed Athens and reached the ultimate final Saturday shedding to Novak Djokovic in a marathon match—and the very fact his long-time accomplice Veronica is pregnant and anticipating the couple’s second baby as his major causes for withdrawing.
“Given my bodily situation and my household state of affairs, in settlement with captain Filippo Volandri, I’ve determined to not take part within the Davis Cup finals in Bologna,” mentioned Musetti.
“Clearly, there may be quite a lot of remorse and disappointment for the way I got here into this competitors. With a greater method, maybe I might have tried to play it, regardless of the household dedication. I knew that bodily fatigue was troublesome to shake off after the battles of the previous couple of months, and particularly the previous couple of weeks, in in the future.”
Wimbledon winner Sinner has led Italy to the Davis Cup championship in every of the final two years.
The 113th Davis Cup Closing 8 dates for subsequent week are right here:
QUARTERFINAL 1 – France v Belgium
Tuesday November 18th – 16.00 (CET)
QUARTERFINAL 2 – Italy v Austria
Wednesday, November nineteenth – 16.00 (CET)
QUARTERFINAL 3 -Spain v Czechia
Thursday, November twentieth – 10.00 (CET)
QUARTERFINAL 4 – Argentina v Germany
Thursday, November twentieth – 17.00 (CET)
SEMIFINAL 1 (QF1 v QF2)
Friday, November twenty first – 16.00 (CET)
SEMIFINAL 2 (QF3 v QF4)
Saturday, November twenty second – 12.00 (CET)
FINAL
Sunday, November twenty third – 15.00 (CET)
