Overview

• Italy captain Filippo Volandri confirmed Jannik Sinner “did not give his availability” for the 2025 Davis Cup finals and named Matteo Berrettini, Lorenzo Musetti, Flavio Cobolli, Andrea Vavassori and Simone Bolelli to the squad.
• Spain’s David Ferrer selected Carlos Alcaraz for the finals in Bologna, where Italy faces Austria on 19 November and the event runs 18–23 November.
• Sinner beat Alcaraz 6-2, 6-4 to win Riyadh’s Six Kings Slam, a lucrative exhibition with no ATP ranking points that awarded him a multi‑million dollar prize and a gold racket.
• After Riyadh, Sinner’s schedule shifts to the ATP 500 in Vienna, the Paris Masters and the ATP Finals in Turin, underscoring his emphasis on the late‑season indoor swing.
• The Sinner‑Alcaraz rivalry remained cordial, with Alcaraz likening Sinner’s level to “playing ping‑pong” and the pair joking online about ski and kart challenges, as Sinner said he will sell the gold racket to benefit a hospital in San Candido.