{"id":298607,"date":"2025-11-22T00:51:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T00:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/298607\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T00:51:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T00:51:07","slug":"flavio-cobolli-saves-7-mps-in-thriller-sends-italy-past-belgium-into-third-straight-davis-cup-final-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/298607\/","title":{"rendered":"Flavio Cobolli saves 7 MPs in thriller, sends Italy past Belgium into third straight Davis Cup final | ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Davis Cup Finals<br \/>\n    Heroic Cobolli saves 7 MPs, sends Italy past Belgium into third straight Davis Cup final<\/p>\n<p>Berrettini wins seventh consecutive singles tie for Italy<\/p>\n<p>November 21, 2025<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cobolli-davis-cup-finals-2025-friday.jpg\" alt=\"Flavio Cobolli saves seven match points to defeat Zizou Bergs on Friday in Bologna. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>TIZIANA FABI\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>        Flavio Cobolli saves seven match points to defeat Zizou Bergs on Friday in Bologna.<br \/>\n        By Jerome Coombe<\/p>\n<p>Flavio Cobolli and Matteo Berrettini propelled Italy into its third straight Davis Cup final on Friday in Bologna, where Cobolli delivered a show-stopping performance to close out a 2-0 victory over Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>After Berrettini had given Italy the early advantage with a composed 6-3, 6-4 win over Raphael Collignon, Cobolli turned the evening into a spectacle inside the SuperTennis Arena. The 23-year-old survived seven match points in a nerve-shredding 6-3, 6-7(5), 7-6(15) victory against Zizou Bergs that sent the home fans into a frenzy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s really tough to say something about this match,&#8221; Cobolli said. &#8220;We fought for our country, for this win, but in the end I realised my dream. We are in the final now&#8230; I played for all of my team, my family, and it&#8217;s one of the best days of my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd2f 32-POINT FINAL SET TIEBREAK \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 7 Match points saved <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\/cobollifla?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@cobollifla<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pE388FW6cO\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/pE388FW6cO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ATP Tour (@atptour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atptour\/status\/1991966668118163862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 21, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Cobolli ripped his shirt to shreds in celebration after winning a marathon deciding-set tie-break \u2014 featuring all seven match-point saves \u2014 that sent two-time defending champions Italy through and avenged his lone Davis Cup defeat, inflicted by Bergs during last year\u2019s round-robin stage. He now leads the Belgian 2-1 in the pair&#8217;s Lexus ATP Head2Head series.<\/p>\n<p>Berrettini, the former No. 6 player in the PIF ATP Rankings, earned his his seventh consecutive singles win at the event, building on his pivotal role in Italy\u2019s title-winning campaign last year. They are now the first country to reach three consecutive finals since Australia in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Italy awaits the winner of Saturday\u2019s semi-final clash between Spain and Germany, both of whom reached this stage after winning crucial doubles deciders. Riding a 13-tie winning streak, Italy is aiming to become the first country to win three consecutive Davis Cup titles since USA in 1971.<\/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 Heroic Cobolli saves 7 MPs, sends Italy past Belgium into third straight Davis Cup final&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-298607","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\/298607","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=298607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}