The Netherlands reached the ultimate of the Davis Cup for the primary time as Tallon Griekspoor fought again to win his singles match and clinch a 2-0 victory in opposition to Germany.
Botic van de Zandschulp, who beat Rafael Nadal within the ultimate match of the Spaniard’s profession on Tuesday, put the Dutch workforce 1-0 up on Friday when he defeated Daniel Altmaier within the first singles match.
The world quantity 80 wanted 10 match factors to wrap up a tense 6-4 6-7 (12-14) 6-3 win.
Griekspoor stopped the best-of-three tie from going to a deciding doubles as he surged again from a set down to beat Jan-Lennard Struff 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 6-4.
“We believed in ourselves a lot, we at all times felt this was potential so to do it now feels unbelievable,” mentioned Griekspoor.
The Netherlands will face defending champions Italy – led by world primary Jannik Sinner – or Australia in Sunday’s ultimate.
“It is extra distinctive that we do it as a result of we do not have that top-five participant, we do not have that top-10 participant, we do not have that top-15 participant – but it surely’s a workforce effort,” Netherlands captain Paul Haarhuis mentioned.
“Now we have to imagine in ourselves, whoever is in opposition to us, that we will do it. It is our time this yr. We’re right here and we will make it depend.”
Three-time winners Germany have been aiming to achieve the ultimate for the primary time since they final gained the title in 1993.
They have been with out world quantity two Alexander Zverev, who mentioned final month that he would miss the Davis Cup Finals so as to “get better and be again at 100%” for the 2025 season.
