TURIN (Reuters) – Crotia’s Borna Gojo produced one other shock as he beat Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego to provide his nation the lead of their Davis Cup Finals last-eight conflict on Monday.
The 23-year-old Gojo, ranked 279th on this planet, blocked out the partisan Italian crowd contained in the Pala Alpitour Area, to win 7-6(2) 2-6 6-2 in opposition to top-30 participant Sonego.
Italy’s Jannik Sinner will now have to beat former U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic within the second singles to maintain the tie alive and arrange a deciding doubles rubber.
Gojo seemed tight early on and located himself 4-1 down within the first set however hit again impressively to assert the tiebreak.
Sonego seemed to have turned the tide when he eased by the second set however Gojo, serving brilliantly, solid forward within the decider and confirmed nice resilience to save lots of break factors and maintain a marathon service sport serve at 4-2.
Gojo, who upset Australia’s higher-ranked Alexei Popyrin within the group part final week, claimed victory when Sonego struck a forehand over the baseline.
(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Modifying by Ken Ferris)
