Turin, 29 November 2021 – The bogey on the eve of the triple confrontation between Italy e Croatia was represented by the double: the defeat of Lorenzo Sonego against Borna Gojo and the victory of Jannik Sinner to the detriment of Marin Cilic entrust the verdict of the first quarter-finals of the Davis Cup 2021. To win is the couple Nikola Mektic-Mate Pavic, which beats 2-0 (6-3; 6-4) the tandem consisting of Fabio Fognini and indeed Sinner, which at the last replaces Simone Bolelli deciding to get involved again in the first person. Nothing to do: the Croatians, the best in the world of the specialty, are too strong especially in batting and now a Madrid for the semifinal they will face one between Serbia e Kazakhstan.
cousin set
The Croatian duo has a strong start also thanks to the service of Pavic: Fognini responds in the network. The turn at bat of Sinner fruit the draw for the blues, who then come back under when the opponents return to serve and in particular Mektic. Then touch a Fognini serve and the game smiles at the Croatians, who find the first break: good Pavic to close with a smash. The latter opens his turn at bat with an ace that acts as a prologue to the 4-1. The blues reply with a 40-0 but they are unable to give continuity to their action also due to an online response of Fognini. The blues redeem themselves in the following game, with ben 5 set point annullati to the Croats, who, however, postpone the conquest of the first fraction by a few minutes: to decide is an ace from a rabid Pavic.
Second set
L’Italy restarts with a 40-0: the Croatia he replies with the same weapon before taking the blue advantage after a long exchange. Mektic he settles things for his buts Sinner soon imitates him, aided by a winning volley of Fognini. It goes like this on 3-2 ma Pavic signs yet another 40-0 for guests, who then find the break when Fognini commits a double fault. For the Croatia and for his shifts in serve everything becomes simpler: still bad Fognini, which misses an easy-to-read forehand. He goes to the service Sinner, which keeps theItaly at least for one more game: an ace of Pavic sends the Croatia in the semifinals a Madrid.
Davis Cup, Italy-Croatia 0-1: Sonego loses against Gojo
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