“Endless”. The late lady of music would undoubtedly have chosen this masterpiece of hers as the soundtrack to Italy’s third consecutive tennis success in the Davis Cup. Let’s repeat it together, just to make it eternal: third success in a row. This is why, as Ornella Vanoni would say, this Italy is “Without end”. Even with the best colts in the stable out of action or lame – Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti – the Italian dream team is scary. Of course, even in this circumstance the detractors and the insatiable could sharpen their tongues, perhaps arguing that the Davis Cup is no longer the same and that winning it is not as difficult as in the past. Yes, precisely them, who didn’t feel like the Salad Bowl was theirs even in the previous overwhelming editions, because the winner was a half-German like Sinner (that same Sinner accused of having renounced his Italy by refusing the call-up). It would be enough to remind him that winning it would be easier for the others too: from Alcaraz’s Spain to Djokovic’s Serbia, passing through Zverev’s Germany. Yet, from 2023, only we will have our hands on the Davis Cup.
There is life beyond the planet Sinner
And let’s get to the other one vexed question: heavy absences. Sinner’s refusal – much criticized and debated, only to then realize that other big names also raised the white flag, exhausted by a tiring season – and Musetti’s withdrawal had inspired dire predictions. Not for them. Not for Volandri and company who know well how deep and strong the list of eligible Davis men is. And in fact Cobolli and Berrettini solved it, not two who passed by by chance, but not even the first blue line (ATP Ranking in hand). It means only one thing: there is life – and what life! – even beyond the planet Sinner. The Italy of tennis is… endless.