PARIS, Nov 27 — Novak Djokovic sped past Austria’s Dennis Novak as Serbia thumped Austria 3-0 in their Davis Cup opening match at Innsbruck on Friday.
Backed by a hearty home crowd Italy raced into a 2-0 lead over the States thanks to wins from Lorenzo Sonego and Jannik Sinner.“I played the best tennis of my life,” he claimed after seeing off Reilly Opelka 6-3, 7-6 .In the doubles rubber Rajeev Ram and Jack Sock struck back for the States in a 7-6 , 6-2 win over Simone Bolleli and Fabio Fognini to make it 2-1, while Colombia are the third team in Group E.
“I think I did okay,” he said, referring to the absence of Carlos Alcaraz, who went into quarantine on Thursday after testing positive for Covid-19. The Davis Cup, which began life back in 1900 as a bilateral contest between Britain and the United States, was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic.
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