Italy beat Australia to win Davis Cup for the first time in 47 years

Malaga, 

Sunday, 26 November, 2023. 

McCreadie Andias 

Italy have overcome Australia 2-0 to clinch the Davis cup for the first time since 1976 at a Final played in Malaga, Spain on Sunday, 26 November, 2023. 

It was the end of a 47-year-wait for the Italians who finally put their hands on the elusive title thanks to Matteo Arnaldi and Jannik Sinner winning their respective singles rubbers to beat 28-time champion Australia. 

In the first match, 22-year-old Arnaldi defeated Alexei Popyrin 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 in the opening singles to give Italy a 1-0 lead.

Sinner finished the job with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Alex de Minaur in the second singles match.

The 22-year-old Italian had saved three match points in his win over World No. 1 Novak Djokovic at Saturday's Semi-finals against Serbia before beating him again in the doubles to lead his nation to its first final in 25 years.

This was the fourth Davis Cup final between Italy and Australia after 1960, 1961 and 1977.