Four-time Grand Slam champion Jannik Sinner will not be part of the Italy team aiming for a third consecutive Davis Cup title next month.
The 24-year-old reached all four Grand Slam singles finals in 2025, winning both the Australian Open and Wimbledon. He also won the Six Kings Slam exhibition event in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
Sinner is scheduled to compete in the ATP Tour Finals in Turin from 9 to 16 November, but Italy captain Filippo Volandri confirmed the world number two had not made himself available to play at the Davis Cup in Bologna from 18 to 23 November.
World number one Carlos Alcaraz has been named in Spain’s team. Lorenzo Musetti and Flavio Cobolli, ranked eighth and 22nd respectively, will be Italy’s highest-ranked singles players as they face Austria in the quarter-final.
Volandri said, “The Davis Cup is, and will remain, always his home and I am sure that Jannik will soon be part of the team again. In the meantime, I can count on a group ready to fight and give everything for the blue jersey.”
Sinner’s absence, reportedly to allow extra preparation time for the start of the next season, follows recent concerns raised by players about the demanding tennis calendar.
After Holger Rune sustained a season-ending injury at the Nordic Open on Saturday, British number one Jack Draper posted on social media that “the tour and the calendar have to adapt if any of us are going to achieve some sort of longevity.”
Alcaraz, ahead of the Six Kings Slam, said he feels players are misunderstood when they complain about the schedule yet participate in exhibition events, citing the reduced mental and physical toll of exhibitions compared with official ranking tournaments.
