Davis Cup Finals 2024: Netherlands beat Germany to succeed in first closing

The Netherlands reached the Davis Cup closing for the primary time as Tallon Griekspoor fought again to win his singles match with a 2-0 win over Germany.

Botic van de Zandschulp, who defeated Rafael Nadal within the Spaniard’s closing profession match on Tuesday, put the Dutch facet 1-0 on Friday when he defeated Daniel Altmaier within the first singles match.

The world quantity 80 wanted 10 factors to finish a 6-4 6-7 (12-14) 6-3 victory.

Griekspoor stopped the very best of three matches from two deciders as he got here from a set right down to beat Jan-Lennard Struff 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 6-4.

“We believed in ourselves so much, we all the time noticed that this was attainable so to do it now feels unbelievable,” mentioned Griekspoor.

The Netherlands will face defending champions Italy – led by world primary Jannik Sinner – or Australia in Sunday’s closing.

“It’s totally totally different that we do it as a result of we do not have that participant within the prime 5, we do not have that participant within the top-10, we do not have that participant that got here out of the fifteen – nevertheless it’s a group effort,” Netherlands. mentioned captain Paul Haarhuis.

“We’ve to imagine in ourselves, whoever is in opposition to us, that we will do it. It is our time this yr. We’re right here and we are going to make it clear.”

Three-time champions Germany have been aiming to succeed in the ultimate for the primary time since they final received the title in 1993.

They have been with out world quantity two Alexander Zverev, who mentioned final month he would miss the Davis Cup Finals to “recuperate and be again 100%” for the 2025 season.