Novak Djokovic's dream of capping his great season by blasting Serbia past Australia in the Davis Cup final has been dynamited by Jannik Sinner's extraordinary double triumph over the world No.1.
Instead, in Sunday's title showdown in Malaga, Lleyton Hewitt's men will face an Italy team running hot on the heroics of their golden boy Sinner, who beat Djokovic in both the singles and the doubles in the space of five exhilarating hours in their semi-final on Saturday (Sunday AEDT).
In one of the great Davis Cup rubbers, Djokovic held three match points against Sinner and was on the verge of a completing a relatively workaday 2-0 victory for the Serbs.
