The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men’s tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and Kosmos Holding and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. In 2019, the Davis Cup was won by Spain. As the Covid pandemic made sure there was no Davis Cup in 2020, Spain remain the defending Champion at this year’s edition.
In 2019, the Davis Cup Final was held in Madrid, between Spain and Canada. The first match of the Final was played between Roberto Bautista Agut and Felix Auger-Aliassime. In a match that was literally nothing short of a full fledged battle on court, Agut battled past Felix to win 7-6 (7/3), 6-3. The second match which was the most important one had, thankfully for Spain, Rafael Nadal taking the field from the Spanish side and locking horns with him was Denis Shapovalov. Nadal’s 6-3, 7-6 (9/7) win over Shapovalov in front of an adoring home crowd at the Caja Magica gave Spain an unassailable 2-0 lead. And Spain were the 2019 Davis Cup Champions.
The dates and groups for the 2021 Davis Cup Finals
The ITF confirmed on Monday that the event, which was won by Rafael Nadal’s Spain in 2019, will be held this year in Madrid, Innsbruck and Turin from 25 November to 5 December.
MADRID
A: Spain, Russian Tennis Federation, Ecuador
B: Canada, Kazakhstan, Sweden
INNSBRUCK
C: France, Great Britain, Czech Republic
F: Serbia, Germany, Austria
TURIN:
D: Croatia, Australia, Hungary
E: USA, Italy, Colombia
Possible matches that fans can look forward to are, Rafael Nadal vs Daniil Medvedev from Madrid. Novak Djokovic vs Dominic Thiem , Novak Djokovic vs Alexander Zverev from INNSBRUCK. Davis Cup 2021 semis & finals will be held in Madrid.
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