Italy will bid to defend the Davis Cup at the Final 8 tournament in Bologna but will be without Jannik Sinner as they look to complete a hat-trick of titles.

Sinner led Italy to a second consecutive Davis Cup last year in Malaga but the World No 2 has decided to end his season after defending his ATP Finals crown.

Carlos Alcaraz will also be missing the Final 8 as a result of the hamstring injury suffered during his ATP Finals defeat to Sinner, with the World No 1 “heartbroken” to not be able to help Spain’s bid.

No 3 seeds France take on Belgium on Tuesday before hosts and No 1 seeds Italy face Austria on Wednesday. Spain will open their bid against a talented Czechia side and Germany then take on Argentina to complete the quarter-finals.

Germany will be led by World No 3 Alexander Zverev, who is the only top-10 singles player remaining in the field after the withdrawals of Italy’s Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti and Spain’s Alcaraz. The winner of the Davis Cup will be crowned during the final on Sunday 23 November.

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Davis Cup draw and schedule

Tuesday 18th

• QF1: Belgium 2-0 France
• Zizou Bergs bt. Arthur Rinderknech 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Raphael Collignon bt Corentin Moutet 2-6, 7-5, 7-5

Wednesday 19th

• QF2: Italy v Austria, from 3pm GMT

Thursday 20th

• QF3: Spain v Czechia, from 9am GMT

Thursday 20th

• QF4: Argentina v Germany, from 4pm GMT

Friday 21st

• SF1: Belgium vs Italy/Austria

Saturday 22nd

• SF2: Winner of QF3 vs QF4

Sunday 23rd

• Final

Davis Cup confirmed teams and line-ups

Spain (six-time winners, most recently 2019)

• Jaume Munar (36)
• Pablo Carreno Busta (89)
• Pedro Martinez (93)
• Marcel Granollers (6, doubles)
• Captain: David Ferrer

Italy (three-time winners, most recently 2024)

• Flavio Cobolli (22)
• Lorenzo Sonego (39)
• Matteo Berrettini (56)
• Simone Bolelli (13, doubles)
• Andrea Vavassori (14, doubles)
• Captain: Filippo Volandri

Germany (three-time winners, most recently 1993)

• Alexander Zverev (3)
• Jan-Lennard Struff (100)
• Yannick Hanfmann (103)
• Kevin Krawietz (T11, doubles)
• Tim Puetz (T11, doubles)
• Captain: Michael Kohlmann

France (10-time winners, most recently 2017)

• Arthur Rinderknech (29)
• Corentin Moutet (35)
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (59)
• Benjamin Bonzi (96)
• Pierre-Hugues Herbert (65, doubles)
• Captain: Paul-Henri Mathieu

Czechia (three-time winners, most recently 2013)

• Jiri Lehecka (17)
• Jakub Mensik (19)
• Tomas Machac (32)
• Vit Kopriva (92)
• Adam Pavlasek (53, doubles)
• Captain: Tomas Berdych

Argentina (one-time winners, 2016)

• Francisco Cerundolo (21)
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (60)
• Francisco Comesana (61)
• Horacio Zeballos (7, doubles)
• Andres Molteni (24, doubles)
• Captain: Javier Frana

Belgium

• Zizou Bergs (40)
• Raphael Collignon (76)
• Alexander Blockx (102)
• Sander Gille (48, doubles)
• Joran Vliegen (67, doubles)
• Captain: Steve Darcis

Austria

• Filip Misolic (85)
• Jurij Rodionov (161)
• Lukas Neumayer (186)
• Lucas Miedler (27, doubles)
• Alexander Erler (45, doubles)
• Captain: Jurgen Melzer

Is the Davis Cup on TV?

In the UK, the Davis Cup will be available to watch on Amazon Prime Video.