{"id":279515,"date":"2025-11-23T20:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T20:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/279515\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T20:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T20:58:08","slug":"davis-cup-italy-overcome-spain-in-bologna-final-to-become-champions-for-third-successive-year-tennis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/279515\/","title":{"rendered":"Davis Cup: Italy overcome Spain in Bologna final to become champions for third successive year | Tennis News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Italy were crowned Davis Cup champions for a third successive year with victory over Spain.<\/p>\n

The two teams reached the final despite the absence of respective star players Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz in Bologna this week.<\/p>\n

And Italy retained the title after Matteo Berrettini and Flavio Cobolli won their singles matches on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Berrettini beat Pablo Carreno Busta 6-3 6-4 in the opening contest and an entertaining tussle between Cobolli and Jaume Munar followed which the Italian won 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5.<\/p>\n

Berrettini served 13 aces as he raced through his match in one hour and 18 minutes.<\/p>\n

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\n Italy’s Matteo Berrettini claimed a crucial win in the opening singles<\/p>\n

The 2021 Wimbledon finalist clinched the only break in the eighth game and went on to serve out the set.<\/p>\n

Little could separate the pair in the second, but Berrettini again found a break deep into the set to inch the Italians closer to victory.<\/p>\n

Munar, needing to win the second singles match to force a doubles decider, stormed through the opening set with two breaks of serve.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard also broke Cobolli in the opening game of the second, but the Italian immediately responded with a break of his own in the next and went on to win the tie-break.<\/p>\n

Cobolli also found the crucial break of serve in the 11th game of the deciding set before serving out the match to love to secure Italy’s success.<\/p>\n

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