Australian tennis dreams have been dashed once again as Lleyton Hewitt 's team succumbed in a second straight Davis Cup final amid heartbreak and another jolting reality check in Malaga. Jannik Sinner (ITA) def Alex de Minaur (AUS) 6-3, 6-0 Italy ended up lifting the giant trophy for just the second time in Sunday's (Monday AEDT) showdown with a 2-0 victory fashioned amid misery for Alexei Popyrin and dispiriting deja vu for his Sydneysider teammate Alex de Minaur.
It was a similar story to last year's campaign, which saw the team over-perform only to get outgunned by Canada in the final and unable to take the tie into their stronghold territory of a deciding doubles. But this loss felt extra disappointing, because Popyrin had so many opportunities to win the opening rubber before suffering an agonising 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 defeat to Matteo Arnaldi who he had bossed for much of the final two set
Australian Tennis Lleyton Hewitt Davis Cup Final Italy Alexei Popyrin Alex De Minaur Defeat Disappointment Matteo Arnaldi
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