{"id":1777,"date":"2025-11-20T15:39:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T15:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1777"},"modified":"2025-11-20T15:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T15:41:13","slug":"belgium-beats-france-to-reach-last-four-of-davis-cup-following-alcaraz-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1777","title":{"rendered":"Belgium beats France to reach last four of Davis Cup following Alcaraz withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Belgium reached the semifinals of the Davis Cup after winning both singles matches against France in Bologna, where fans have been denied star power following injured Carlos Alcaraz&#8217;s late withdrawal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raphael Collignon and Zizou Bergs came through respective singles clashes against Corentin Moutet and Arthur Rinderknech to set up a potential clash in the last four with holders and hosts Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rema - Calm Down (Official Music Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CQLsdm1ZYAw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Collignon came back from a set down to beat world number 35 Moutet 2-6, 7-5, 7-5, while Bergs saw off Rinderknech, France&#8217;s highest ranked player at 29 in the world, 6-3, 7-6 (7\/4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two wins for Belgium mean that the scheduled doubles match featuring Belgium&#8217;s Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen against Benjamin Bonzi and Pierre-Hugues Herbert will not be played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Italy will be favored to face Belgium in the semifinals ahead of Wednesday&#8217;s match against Austria in front of a passionate crowd in northern Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Azzurri will be without stars Jannik Sinner &#8212; recent winner of the ATP Finals &#8212; and Lorenzo Musetti, who were key to the 2023 and 2024 Davis Cup triumphs for the Mediterranean nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both players sit in the top 10 of the men&#8217;s single rankings and their absence makes Italy&#8217;s match with Austria more difficult to call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was more bad news for the tournament as world number one Alcaraz also pulled out of the tournament on Wednesday morning with a hamstring injury suffered against Sinner in their ATP Finals showdown on Sunday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The six-time Grand Slam champion said in the aftermath of that defeat that his hamstring hadn&#8217;t affected him, even though it was strapped up during a medical time out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But he has dropped out of the tournament two days before Spain&#8217;s quarterfinal with Czech Republic, leaving the beleaguered event without the hoped-for stardust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The highest ranked player at the Davis Cup finals is former Olympic champion Alexander Zverev, ranked three in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the German, whose country faces Argentina on Thursday, recently blasted the current format, calling it &#8220;an exhibition tournament&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He wasn&#8217;t the only one to criticize the tournament, with Sinner saying during the ATP Finals that he &#8220;never unfortunately played the Davis Cup, the real Davis Cup&#8221;, and suggested each edition be played over two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ross Hutchins, the head of the International Tennis Federation which organizes the Davis Cup, insisted that the absences of three headline players were &#8220;three specific cases&#8221; and not a sign of the tournament being snubbed by the sport&#8217;s stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hutchins cited Musetti saying that the imminent birth of his second child played a part in his decision, but the world number eight said last week that the physical and emotional stress of a long season was the main reason for his withdrawal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sinner dropped out in order to get an extra week of close-season rest after completing a complicated campaign by retaining the ATP Finals. <a href=\"https:\/\/japantoday.com\/category\/sports\/belgium-beat-france-to-reach-last-four-of-davis-cup-following-alcaraz-withdrawal\">(JapanToday)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belgium reached the semifinals of the Davis Cup after winning both singles matches against France in Bologna, where fans have been denied star power following injured Carlos Alcaraz&#8217;s late withdrawal. 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