Sinner to miss Italy's Davis Cup title defence

Four-time Grand Slam champion Jannik Sinner will not beryllium portion of nan Italy squad aiming to clinch a 3rd consecutive Davis Cup title adjacent month.

The 24-year-old reached each 4 Grand Slam singles finals successful 2025, winning nan Australian Open and Wimbledon, and won nan Six Kings Slam accumulation event successful Saudi Arabia connected Saturday.

Sinner is scheduled to return portion successful nan ATP Tour Finals successful Turin from 9-16 November, but Italy skipper Filippo Volandri said nan world number 2 had "not fixed his availability" to play astatine nan Davis Cup successful Bologna from 18-23 November.

World number 1 Carlos Alcaraz has been named successful Spain's team.

Lorenzo Musetti and Flavio Cobolli, eighth and 22nd successful nan world respectively, will beryllium nan highest-ranked singles players connected show for Italy, who look Austria successful their quarter-final.

Volandri said: "The Davis Cup is, and will remain, ever his location and I americium judge that Jannik will soon beryllium portion of nan squad again.

"In nan meantime, I tin count connected a group fresh to conflict and springiness everything for nan bluish jersey."

Sinner's absence, which is understood to beryllium truthful he tin person other mentation clip for nan commencement of adjacent season, comes aft respective players voiced concerns astir a demanding tennis almanac successful caller weeks.

After Holger Rune sustained a season-ending wounded astatine nan Nordic Open connected Saturday, British number 1 Jack Draper posted connected societal media that "the circuit and nan almanac person to accommodate if immoderate of america are going to execute immoderate benignant of longevity".

Alcaraz said earlier nan Six Kings Slam he feels players are misunderstood erstwhile they make specified complaints but besides play accumulation events - citing a reduced intelligence and beingness toll astatine exhibitions compared pinch charismatic ranking tournaments.