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Italy lived up to its reputation as a top contender in the world of tennis by beating Australia 2-0 and earning the title of Davis Cup champions for the first time since 1976. Matteo Arnaldi narrowly defeated Alexei Popyrin 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 to secure the first point for Italy. In a remarkable display, Jannik Sinner, who had already defeated Novak Djokovic twice in one day, continued his impressive performance by easily defeating Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-0.
Source: theguardian.com