Davis Cup: Early bird special in Madrid
The match between the USA and Italy at the Davis Cup final tournament in Madrid came to an end shortly after four o'clock in the morning.
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last edit: Nov 21, 2019, 09:54 am
When, a few years ago, the ITF decided to reduce the Davis Cup's time from three to two days, deviating from the best-of-five format, first and foremost was the idea of shortening the games, the Protection of players and spectators. Well, in the final tournament in Madrid matches on three winning sets would be unthinkable anyway, but with the manageable length does not really cut.
As predicted by the Italians and Americans. First, Fabio Fognini was able to revenge Reilly Opelka for the defeat suffered at the US Open with a 6: 4, 6: 7 (4) and 6: 3. Then Taylor Fritz defeated the Italian number one Matteo Berrettini with 5: 7, 7: 6 (5) and 6: 2. The decision had to fall in double. And it fell in the very early hours of Thursday when Sam Querrey and Jack Sock secured their three-set win against Fabio Fognini and Simone Boleli. The match had started at 1:15 am, closing time was just after four in the morning.
The Americans end their group in second place behind Canada. And this after the controversy, which had resulted from the non-appearance of the Canadians in doubles in the North American duel. This gave the United States a match as a gift. In a format in which even the two best runners-up progress, basically in no-go. In addition to Jan-Lennard Struff from the German team, the critics Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray were extremely critical.
Rafael Nadal had given his opinion on the late seasons on Tuesday - because the home side had to go against Russia. Although he enjoyed the atmosphere in Caja Magical well, Nadal said: "The only negative is that we started our last match at 0:45, which means a lot of trouble for us players as well as for the spectators, who go into the Because tomorrow is a normal business day, which makes it difficult for everyone. "