Je suis surpris d'apprendre la nouvelle de Janick Sinner. L'équipe italienne a réussi à se qualifier pour la finale de la Coupe Davis en éliminant la Serbie de Novak Djokovic. L'apport essentiel de Jannik Sinner, vainqueur de deux matches décisifs face au numéro un mondial, a été déterminant pour cette avance.
L'Italie, qui n'a remporté qu'une seule fois la Coupe Davis en 1976 contre le Chili, s'apprête désormais à affronter l'Australie en finale pour tenter de remporter un deuxième titre dans cette compétition. Ce match s'annonce intense, tant l'équipe australienne est habituée à atteindre ce stade de la compétition, ayant déjà remporté 28 fois la Coupe Davis. Suite à cette élimination, Novak Djokovic a fait part de sa profonde déception, reconnaissant sa responsabilité dans l'incapacité à concrétiser ces occasions de victoire malgré trois balles de match. Les tensions étaient palpables lors de ce match crucial, avec des échanges animés entre Djokovic et le public présent dans les tribunes.
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-- Edited by alabamouss on Wednesday 29th of November 2023 07:08:01 AM
Alabmouss, your post is written from before the final, as though we're still waiting for the final - you say that Italy are getting ready to play their final - and yet the final has been played - Italy won - I don't quite understand
(Also, you probably should put your post through google translate or something before posting it, a lot of people don't read French)
Yes, oould put through and post Google translate ( as could anyone else ) but I would think the original that the poster is comfortable with should still also be initially posted.
Sinner had a great tournament and largely won it for Italy eventually; Australia didnt have a star number one to compete and, as we saw through the event, teams which won the number one singles in every case went on to win the match. A star player is key, the number two's tended to be much more evenly matched and thus the number one carried it and usually was able to play and win the doubles also.
Italy winning was great for them and the sport in that country, it was , what, 1976, or some such, when they last won the event.
As for Djoko - every match or big event seems to be a battle with the crowd and those who like and dislike him. Apart from McEnroe, or maybe Connors, has any player had such a black and white reaction from the crowd in terms of anti him or pro him. And it seems to get worse.
With McEnroe, though, it became like a charicature scenario, a pantomime, where it became part of his routine and he became a sort of "nattional treasure" of the sport; Connors a little also, but maybe less so. Djokovic doesnt seem to be getting to that point, his antics arent really ones to smile at and put up with as they seem to divide people based on their attitudes and cultures - attitudes to covid, freedoms and liberties, politics, in his case, which never really where part of McEnroes antics or attitudes.
It feels like Djoko will continue to divide until he retires and beyond and never really get affection from the proportion of people who dont warm to him, whereas McEnroe (for many) won them over near the end of his career, as did Connors, and certainly into retirement where people , generally, seem to be ok with him and smile at his antics more (whatever they think of him as a commentator etc)
Well, on a good story, and because we have a nice new thread on Jannik, here's a sweet read about Jannik's mates who have, rather unintentionally, become the famous Carota Boys, and are being paid to go to different events where's he playing, when they can fit it in with their day jobs