Matteo Berrettini and Flavio Cobolli guided Italy to a historic third consecutive Davis Cup title on Sunday as they claimed victory against Spain in front of a boisterous crowd in Bologna.
In the opening match of the tie, Berrettini produced a flawless performance to beat Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 6-3, 6-4 to give his country the perfect start. Cobolli then recovered from dropping seven of the first eight games in his match against Jaume Munar to secure a 1-6, 7-6(5), 7-5 victory and send the Italian bench and capacity crowd into a wild celebration.
Italy also triumphed at the 2023 and 2024 Davis Cup Finals in Malaga and is now the first country since the United States (1968-1972) to win three consecutive titles.
Berrettini ensured Italy got off to the perfect start in Sunday’s final with an impressive performance on serve. The 29-year-old fired 13 aces and didn’t face a break point on his way to his 79-minute victory. The No. 56 player in the PIF ATP Rankings has won his past 11 Davis Cup matches, dating back to 2022.
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With Italy’s hopes on Cobolli, the 23-year-old showed an abundance of grit to bounce back from a slow start against Munar. After losing the first set and immediately dropping his serve at the start of the second, Cobolli crucially broke back to level at 1-1. He then converted his seventh set point of the second set to force a decider, finding the key breakthrough in the 11th game of the third set. Cobolli enjoyed a memorable week on home soil after saving seven match points in his victory against Belgian Zizou Bergs in the semi-finals.
Spain took part in the Davis Cup Finals title match for the first time since victory in 2019. The former champion defeated the Czech Republic and Germany on his way to the final.
Did you know?
Italy has become the first non-Grand Slam country after the United States and Australia to win the Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup titles multiple times in the same season. This week, Italy was without the services of Top 10 stars Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti.
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