{"id":294958,"date":"2025-11-20T07:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T07:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/294958\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T07:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T07:12:13","slug":"matteo-berrettini-and-flavio-cobolli-lead-charge-as-italy-overpowers-austria-to-reach-davis-cup-sfs-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/294958\/","title":{"rendered":"Matteo Berrettini and Flavio Cobolli lead charge as Italy overpowers Austria to reach Davis Cup SFs | ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Davis Cup Finals<br \/>\n    Berrettini leads charge as Italy overpowers Austria to reach Davis Cup SFs <\/p>\n<p>Two-time defending champions Italy to face Belgium in Friday&#8217;s SF<\/p>\n<p>November 19, 2025<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/berrettini-davis-cup-finals-2025-wednesday.jpg\" alt=\"Matteo Berrettini defeats Jurij Rodionov in straight sets at the Davis Cup Finals in Bologna on Wednesday.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Emmanuele Ciancaglini\/Getty Images para ITF<\/p>\n<p>        Matteo Berrettini defeats Jurij Rodionov in straight sets at the Davis Cup Finals in Bologna on Wednesday.<br \/>\n        By Jerome Coombe<\/p>\n<p>Italy booked its fourth consecutive semi-final berth at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/davis-cup-finals\/8099\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Davis Cup Finals<\/a> on Wednesday, overcoming Austria with the help of a thunderous home crowd and confident performances by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/matteo-berrettini\/bk40\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matteo Berrettini<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/flavio-cobolli\/c0e9\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flavio Cobolli<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The atmosphere inside the SuperTennis Arena in Bologna set the tone early, and two-time defending champions responded with the assurance of seasoned contenders.<\/p>\n<p>Berrettini, the former No. 6 in the PIF ATP Rankings, handed Italy a 1-0 lead with his 6-3, 7-6(4) victory over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/jurij-rodionov\/r09x\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jurij Rodionov<\/a>. The second set was briefly delayed due to lighting issues in the stadium, but the Italian rallied from a 2-5 deficit and saved three consecutive set points on serve at 4-5, swinging the momentum back in his favour before dominating the tie-break.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That flick is OUTRAGEOUS, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattBerrettini?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@MattBerrettini<\/a> \ud83e\udd2f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavisCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@DavisCup<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DavisCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#DavisCup<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/federtennis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@federtennis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oeFNZ58R37\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/oeFNZ58R37<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ATP Tour (@atptour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atptour\/status\/1991185148121948276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 19, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Cobolli then stepped up and delivered a resounding 6-1, 6-3 win against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/filip-misolic\/m0jz\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Filip Misolic<\/a> in just his third Davis Cup rubber, sending the home fans into a frenzy. With its win, Italy extended its winning streak to 12 ties and set a semi-final showdown with Belgium on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>As Italy pursues a fourth Davis Cup crown, Berrettini\u2019s influence remains pivotal. Last year, he did not drop a rubber, compiling a perfect 6-0 record \u2014 five wins in singles and one in doubles \u2014 on the country&#8217;s march toward the title.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Davis Cup Finals Berrettini leads charge as Italy overpowers Austria to reach Davis Cup SFs Two-time defending champions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-294958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}