Italy go 2-0 up over Greece in 部隊d Cup
Maria Sakkari's 早期に horror show turned into a bona fide thriller, but there'd be no happy ending for Greece who 追跡するd 2-0 after the first night of their 部隊d Cup 半分-final against Italy.
With a mismatch between world No.803 Stefanos Sakellaridis and Italy's Lorenzo Musetti (No.23) to follow, the Greek team would have been banking on a Sakkari 勝利，勝つ to keep them 井戸／弁護士席-placed in the contest.
But Martina Trevisan hadn't read that script, 辛勝する／優位ing the visibly 失望させるd Sakkari 6-3 6-7 (7-5) 7-5 in a three-hour and 15-minute epic.
The world No.6 went in as a warm favourite in Sydney, having not dropped a 始める，決める during her three （テニスなどの）シングルス 勝利，勝つs to start the 競争.
Trevisan, the world No.27, had been patchy at best with only one, three-始める，決める 勝利，勝つ.
But form went out the window, often along with Sakkari's groundstrokes.
Trevisan broke Sakkari in her 開始 service game and 最終的に 設立するd a 4-2 lead.
Some 22 unforced errors flowed from Sakkari's racquet in the first 始める，決める, 含むing a diabolical ninth game where she netted a backhand, struck a ball long, 二塁打-faulted and 行方不明になるd a 規則 ボレー to enable her 対抗者 to draw first 血.
The rot continued in the second as Trevisan took a 2-0 lead before the two-time （野球の）満塁ホームラン，（テニスなどの）グランドスラム 半分-finalist suddenly started to get her game together.
Sakkari broke 支援する and 押し進めるd ahead with another in the seventh game, 最終的に serving for the 始める，決める at 5-4.
But Trevisan flipped the script again, snatching the break 支援する to level the contest.
The 重要な moment in the tiebreak （機の）カム at 4-4, Trevisan 支配するing the 決起大会／結集させる only for Sakkari to pull out a superb slapped forehand on defence to 勝利，勝つ the point.
While she levelled the match, Sakkari struggled to kick on in the third, a 逮捕する cord giving Trevisan the break for 3-2.
The ever-smiling Italian couldn't 持つ／拘留する that one but broke Sakkari in the 11th game before serving out the match.
A 決まりきった仕事 6-1 6-1 勝利，勝つ followed for Musetti, 手渡すing Italy a major advantage 長，率いるing into day two.
Musetti said he wasn't at his best にもかかわらず the 平易な 勝利，勝つ, 説 the 緊張した women's match played its part.
"For me it was very stressful. I was watching her on TV and I warmed up like seven times," he said.
"I was so happy in the end because she fought really 井戸／弁護士席 and deserved the 勝利，勝つ."
Matteo Berrettini can 調印（する） a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す in the final for Italy with a first-up 勝利，勝つ over Stefanos Tsitsipas on Saturday.
Italy's Lucia Bronzetti is also favoured to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Despina Papamichail in the other women's （テニスなどの）シングルス before a mixed （テニスなどの）ダブルス match is played.
