When is the Davis Cup final? Start time, how to watch Italy vs Netherlands, format, teams and odds

Botic van de Zandschulp has been an integral fig for Paul Haarhuis’ side, beating Nadal and past teaming up with the retiring Wesley Koolhof to decision Carlos Alcaraz and Marcel Granollers to unafraid advancement into the past four.

He past toppled Daniel Altmaier successful a third-set decider successful the opening singles rubber of the semi-final showdown with Germany, earlier Tallon Griekspoor fought backmost to thwart Jan-Lennard Struff and book the Netherlands’ first-ever Davis Cup final berth.

They volition request to beryllium astatine their precise champion to topple Italy, with the defending champions looking to clasp their rubric aft beating Australia past twelvemonth and watching their compatriots assistance the Billie Jean King Cup successful the aforesaid metropolis this week.

Filippo Volandri’s squad needed Matteo Berrettini and reigning men’s satellite No1 Jannik Sinner to squad up and spot disconnected Argentina successful the quarter-finals aft Sinner had kept the necktie live pursuing decision for Lorenzo Musetti, with that duo seeing disconnected Thanasi Kokkinakis and Alex De Minaur respectively to brush speech Australia successful Saturday’s last-four necktie without the request for a tense doubles decider.

The 2024 Davis Cup last takes spot connected Sunday, November 24 astatine the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena successful Malaga, Spain.

The last begins astatine 4pm CET, which is 3pm GMT successful the UK.

The respective captains person up until an hr earlier play begins to sanction their teams for the tie, though Italy person truthful acold played Sinner successful their 2nd singles lucifer with Berrettini apt to unfastened again successful spot of Musetti aft his occurrence against Germany.

Haarhuis indispensable truthful determine whether to play Van de Zandschulp archetypal erstwhile more, oregon alternatively to lucifer him up against Sinner and propulsion retired Griekspoor first.

The Netherlands would surely apt brace Van de Zandschulp and Koolhof unneurotic again if the last goes down to a doubles decider, likewise Italy with Berrettini and Sinner - though they besides person a talented doubles brace anxious for their accidental successful Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori.

TV channel: Sunday’s last is being broadcast unrecorded connected the Tennis Channel, which costs £2.49 a period successful the UK with a seven-day escaped proceedings available.

Live stream: Live sum is besides being shown online for escaped via the BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website.

The shortened best-of-three format seen successful the Davis Cup finals continues successful Sunday’s showpiece.

The 2 singles matches are played first, with a doubles rubber past deciding the necktie if necessary. All matches - some singles and doubles - are best-of-three sets.

Odda via bet365 (subject to change).