pA familiar face was in the stands to watch Italyrsquo;s Davis Cup Group Stage Finals tie against Netherlands on Sunday. /p
pRecently crowned a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a was present in Bologna to cheer on his countrymen as they played their final group stage tie. /p
pThe defending champions became the first team to qualify from Group A for the Final 8 in Malaga after Brazil clinched its tie against Belgium on Saturday. Despite the absence of the No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings, Italy won both of its ties against Belgium and Brazil, thanks to two singles victories from a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matteo-berrettini/bk40/overview'Matteo Berrettini/a. /p
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pSinnerrsquo;s last match was his 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 victory in the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a final against American a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a. The Italian picked up his second major after winning his maiden Grand Slam at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a in January. /p
pSinner steered Italy to its second Davis Cup title last year, with the 23-year-old saving three match points en route to victory against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a in the semi-finals. He later teamed with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lorenzo-sonego/su87/overview'Lorenzo Sonego/a to win the decisive doubles match and send Italy through to the final against Australia. /p
pAfter a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matteo-arnaldi/a0fc/overview'Matteo Arnaldi/a overcame a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexei-popyrin/p09z/overview'Alexei Popyrin/a to put Italy 1-0 up in the final, Sinner defeated Australiarsquo;s a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview'Alex de Minaur/a 6-3, 6-0 to seal Italyrsquo;s second Davis Cup title following its maiden victory in 1976. /p
pThis year, Sinner has posted a 55-5 record, clinching a Tour-leading six titles./p
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