ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Bologna is ready to embrace the Davis Cup again, this time hosting the final stage. At the “SuperTennis Arena” in BolognaFiere, from 18 to 23 November, the Davis Cup Final 8 2025 will see the blues defending the title won in 2024, the third of the story after that of 1976 and that of 2023. At the disposal of the captain of the Team Italia by Labormore there will be no number two of the world, Jannik Sinner, who “has not given his availability for 2025”, as explained Filippo Volandri himself. This, in detail, is the list of blue players called: Lorenzo Musetti, Flavio Cobolli, Matteo Berrettini, Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori. From ITF regulation, however, a maximum of three nominated players can be changed until 11 Italians on the day before the start of the Final 8 games, or Monday, November 17.
VOLANDRI “SINNER TORNERÀ PRESTO NELLA SQUADRA”
“With our blue boys we have built the successes of the recent past on team spirit and mutual trust. A trust based on the work and constant availability of each of them towards others. This is why we are convinced that the group will find itself in Bologna with an even stronger motivation towards achieving a historical goal to give to the collective and our fans”. So the captain of the blue team of Davis Cup, Filippo Volandri.
“We will have to overcome insidious opponents from Austria, but I’m lucky to be able to count on a wide range of players that will allow us to face the commitment with the utmost conviction. Jannik Sinner did not give his availability for 2025. The Davis Cup is, and will remain, always his home and I’m sure Jannik will soon be back to be part of the team,” he added. “In the meantime, I can count on a group ready to fight and give everything for the blue jersey. In Bologna will once again be an exciting adventure: I know the value of these boys and I’m sure the future will give us new great satisfactions,” he concluded.
BINAGHI “CAPIAMO LA DECISIONE DI SINNER, MA È DOLOROSA”
“We understand and respect the decision of Jannik, for us however very painful, that arrives at the end of a long and intense season, in which he once again proved to be an extraordinary reference point for the whole Italian tennis movement”. Thus Angelo Binaghi, president of the Italian Tennis Federation and Padel.
“The Davis Cup represents for him – and for all of us – a symbol of pride and belonging, and we are sure that he will soon return to wear the blue shirt with the same passion and determination of always. At the same time, I want to emphasize the great trust that we have in the group led by Filippo Volandri: a solid, united team, able to transform every difficulty into a further boost. Our boys have already proven to be able to achieve extraordinary goals together: I am convinced that even this time they will be able to best honor the colors of Italy”, added the number one of the Federation.
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