Jannik Sinner has crushed green-and-gold tennis hopes in Malaga - and for that, the most breathtaking young player in tennis right now is thanking an Australian.
The 22-year-old Italian strode away with the Davis Cup in his hands on Sunday after a week of masterful displays that told of a man playing at a wholly rarefied new level at the moment.
And asked to reflect on the irony of how a coach from Down Under may have helped turn him into an Australian destroyer following his dismantling of Alex de Minaur to clinch the title for Italy on Sunday, Sinner was only too happy to heap plaudits on his mentor, Darren Cahill.
