MALAGA, Spain, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Italy's Jannik Sinner won his singles match and paired up with Lorenzo Sonego to claim a doubles victory as the former champions beat the Netherlands 2-1 to book their place in the Davis Cup semi-finals on Thursday.
Italy, who won their only Davis Cup title in 1976, will now take on a Serbia side featuring world number one Novak Djokovic or Britain who meet in their quarter-final later on Thursday.
The changes worked well for both teams in a high-octane clash but Sinner and Sonego won the crucial points in front of a boisterous crowd to send Italy through.
World number four Sinner, who was beaten by Novak Djokovic in the ATP Finals title clash on Sunday, got them back into the quarter-final tie with an impressive display against Griekspoor.
Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris and Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons:
Sinner, Lorenzo Sonego, Sonego, Tallon Griekspoor, Wesley Koolhof, Davis, Novak Djokovic, Botic van de, Matteo Arnaldi, Paul Haarhuis, Jean, Julien Rojer, Filippo Volandri, Simone Bolelli, Arnaldi, Van de Zandschulp, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Ken Ferris, Toby Davis
Organizations:
Davis, eventual, France, ATP, Griekspoor, Thomson
Locations:
MALAGA, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Serbia, Bengaluru