{"id":27182,"date":"2025-11-19T15:30:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T20:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/11\/19\/flavio-cobollis-dominant-victory-sends-italy-to-the-davis-cup-semi-finals\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T15:30:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T20:30:29","slug":"flavio-cobollis-dominant-victory-sends-italy-to-the-davis-cup-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/11\/19\/flavio-cobollis-dominant-victory-sends-italy-to-the-davis-cup-semi-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Flavio Cobolli’s dominant victory sends Italy to the Davis Cup semi-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BOLOGNA, Italy — Flavio Cobolli defeated Filip Misorich 6-1, 6-3 on Wednesday to give back-to-back champions Italy a 2-0 win over Austria and set up a meeting with Belgium in the Davis Cup semifinals.<\/p>\n

Cobolli clinched a resounding victory with a service winner after 65 minutes, much to the delight of the home crowd.<\/p>\n

The semifinals are scheduled for Friday.<\/p>\n

Italy has won 12 straight Davis Cup matches since losing to Canada in the final group stage in 2023.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Italy’s Matteo Berrettini defeated Julie Rodionov 6-3, 7-6 (4).<\/p>\n

Berrettini fell behind 5-2 in the second set, but came back with a break in the ninth game. In his next match, he fought off three set points against his 177th-ranked opponent and converted the first match point in the tiebreaker to win.<\/p>\n

In case of a tie, there was no doubles play, as it would be a best-of-three match.<\/p>\n

Leaders Italy are aiming for their third consecutive victory and fourth overall.<\/p>\n

Four-time Grand Slam champion Jannik Sinner, who led Italy to titles in 2023 and 2024, has opted to sit out this season’s Davis Cup final.<\/p>\n

Austria, ranked 12th in the rankings, have only beaten Italy once in their last six meetings – their best result in a team event was in the quarter-finals in Vienna in 1990.<\/p>\n

The Davis Cup Final 8 in Bologna will be the sixth edition of the revamped event where the champion will be determined on a neutral site.<\/p>\n

Six-time Grand Slam champion and No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, who was scheduled to finish runner-up to Sinner at the ATP Finals in Turin on Sunday, withdrew with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

In Thursday’s remaining two quarterfinal matches, Spain will play fourth-seeded Czech Republic, and second-seeded Germany will play Argentina.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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