In the 2024 Davis Cup final, Jannik Sinner’s Italy defeats Nick Kyrgios’ Australia. Despite being unable to join his team on the battlefield this time, the 29-year-old Australian demonstrated his unwavering support for them from the sidelines.
Given how Sinner’s doping story has unfolded between these two, it goes without saying that Kyrgios may have been extremely motivated for his team to prevail in this match. But Australia’s 0-2 loss to Italy dashed his hopes of seeing his country advance to the finals for the third time in a row.
Australia is the second-most successful team in this competition. Although they have already won 28 titles, their most recent Davis Cup victory occurred in 2003. In their SF matchup with Italy, Matteo Berrettini defeated Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia 6(6)-7,6-3,7-5 in the first match.
Subsequently, world number one Sinner defeated Alex de Minaur with a dominant performance. Sinner sealed the victory for his country at 2-0 after defeating De Minaur 6-3,6-4 in the second match.
Reflecting on this disappointing loss, Kyrgios tweeted: “Was trying to stay awake when Kokki was playing—woke up and we went down. Thought this was our year.”
Was trying to stay awake when Kokki was playing – woke up and we went down 😩 thought this was our year 💔
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) November 23, 2024
Nick Kyrgios in 2024
Now ranked no.470, Kyrgios played his last match on the 13th of June 2023 when he was defeated by world no.404 Yibing Wu 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Stuttgart (draw).
During this season the Australian has managed to achieve a 0-1 win-loss record.
Jannik Sinner in 2024
WWWWWWWWWW Ranked no.1, Jannik played his last match on the 23rd of November when he beat world no.9 Alex De Minaur 6-3 6-4 in the Rubber 2 of the Davis Cup (draw).
At the moment, during this season Sinner has managed to achieve an overall 72-6 win-loss record. Jannik clinched 8 titles in 2024 at the Australian Open, Rotterdam, Miami, Halle, Cincinnati, U.S. Open, Shanghai and the Nitto ATP Finals. The Italian got to the final in Beijing.
Jannik Sinner will take on the world no.40 Tallon Griekspoor in the . Their current record is 5-0 for Sinner.
Jannik has won 8 titles in 2024 at the Australian Open, Rotterdam, Miami, Halle, Cincinnati, U.S. Open, Shanghai and the Nitto ATP Finals. The Italian got to the final in Beijing (China Open).
Jannik won 19 titles in his career: 9 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts, 8 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Nick Kyrgios and Jannik Sinner played each other only 1 time. Their current record is 1-0 for Sinner. When they played, Jannik Sinner won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 4th round in Miami (Miami Open) in March 2022.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
