Davis Cup, Adriano Panatta’s ruling displaces everyone

Adriano Panatta gets out of line

Adriano Panatta, linking up from Trastevere with the program ‘Il Circolo dei Mondiali’ on Rai1, unbalanced himself in no small way on the most important weekend for Italian tennis in this 2022, the one that sees the Azzurri led by non-player captain Filippo Volandri play the Davis Cup on the cement of Malaga.

The Italian team will play against Canada for a place in the final, already reached on the other side of the scoreboard by Australia, which was able to surprise Croatia. “Canada is a tough opponent,” said Panatta, “but our tennis players are playing well. Sonego played an outstanding match against Tiafoe, Musetti also did not demerit and the doubles is a guarantee: the big obstacle is the Canadians, if we win on Saturday we will also beat Australia in the final.”

Italy, despite the heavy absences of Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini, overcame the United States in the quarterfinals: the decider, after Sonego’s victory and Musetti’s knockout in the singles, was the Bolelli/Fognini doubles, capable of defeating such a talented pair as Paul and Sock.