Jannik Sinner TWICE gets the better of Novak Djokovic to take Italy to the Davis Cup final against Australia after saving three match points against the Serbian in singles
- Italy will face Australia in Sunday's Davis Cup final after defeating Serbia
- Jannik Sinner saved three match points to beat Novak Djokovic in the singles
- He then teamed up with Lorenzo Sonego to beat Serbia in the deciding doubles
Jannik Sinner scored a devastating double win over Novak Djokovic in one day to power Italy into the Davis Cup final.
The 22-year-old from the Tyrol first saved three match points to beat the world No 1 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 in the singles to force the match versus Serbia into a deciding doubles.
There, he combined with Lorenzo Sonego to beat Djokovic and Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3, 6-4 to seal a place in Sunday's final against Australia.
Sinner’s singles win was the first defeat suffered by Djokovic in Davis Cup competition over 21 matches and 12 years.
It was also notable for being their third singles match face off in 11 days, the densest bit of competition between two top players since Andy Murray and Djokovic had a personal fixture pile-up between each other in 2006.
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Jannik Sinner scored a double win over Novak Djokovic to power Italy into the Davis Cup final
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The Serbian had three match points in the singles, but Sinner came back to win it in three sets
Djokovic and Sinner had every excuse to be fatigued, having met twice last week at the ATP Finals in Turin.
That saw Italy’s world No 4 prevail in the group stage before losing out when they met again in last Sunday’s final.
The same outcome looked on the cards when, after a contest of brilliant rallies played all over the court, Djokovic willed himself to having three match points at 0-40 against the Sinner serve when 5-4 up in the decider.
But Sinner held his nerve to survive that and, with Djokovic looking suddenly perturbed, he broke him and then served it out with aplomb.
It was notable as the first win anyone has ever had over Djokovic when facing three consecutive match points.
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Sinner and Lorenzo Sonego teamed up in doubles to secure a final berth against Australia