{"id":85914,"date":"2025-11-24T05:21:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/italy-in-the-davis-cup-final-cobolli-the-hero-and-seeks-the-three-peat\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T05:21:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:21:20","slug":"italy-in-the-davis-cup-final-cobolli-the-hero-and-seeks-the-three-peat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/tennis\/italy-in-the-davis-cup-final-cobolli-the-hero-and-seeks-the-three-peat\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy in the Davis Cup final: Cobolli the hero and seeks the three-peat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Italy returns to the Davis Cup final after Cobolli’s epic victory<\/h2>\n\n\nItaly, the defending champion, has secured its place in the Davis Cup final once again. Flavio Cobolli starred in a memorable match against Zizou Bergs of Belgium, sealing the victory with a score of 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (15) in a semi-final full of drama.\n\nCobolli, after squandering six match points, finally achieved the feat for Italy. The celebration included a moment of euphoria and then a gesture of consolation towards Bergs, who was visibly affected.\n\nThe tiebreaker of the final set, with a score of 17-15, became the sixth longest in Davis Cup history.\n\n\n
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“We fought for our country, for this victory, but in the end, I realized my dream,” declared Cobolli. “I played for my whole team, my family, and it’s one of the best days of my life.”<\/p>\n\nFlavio Cobolli<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nCobolli’s victory secured the Italian triumph without the need for the doubles match. Previously, Matteo Berrettini had contributed with a victory over Raphael Collignon with a score of 6-3, 6-4.\n\n\n

\"Flavio<\/figure>\n\n\nItaly reaches the final with a streak of 13 consecutive victories and will face the winner of the semi-final between Germany and Spain.\n\nThe match between Cobolli and Bergs was a high-intensity duel. Bergs, despite not having won individual titles on the men’s circuit, demonstrated a high level. Cobolli, with the support of the public in Bologna, finally prevailed in a tiebreak full of emotions.\n\nAfter a trade of break point opportunities, Cobolli secured the victory with a winning serve.\n\nThe captain of the Italian team, Filippo Volandri, expressed his amazement at the match.\n\n\n
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“In my five years as captain, I had never seen anything like it. But this is what the Davis Cup does. It was incredible,” Volandri commented. “In the end, I told Cobolli that it’s 5% tactics and 95% heart.”<\/p>\n\nFilippo Volandri<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nIn the other match, Berrettini, with 10 individual titles in his career, had a more controlled encounter. He sealed the first set and secured the second, winning on his first match point.\n\nThis edition of the Davis Cup Finals 8 marks the sixth of this renewed event, where the champion is defined in a neutral venue.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Italy returns to the Davis Cup final after Cobolli’s epic victory Italy, the defending champion, has secured its place in the Davis Cup final once again. Flavio Cobolli starred in a memorable match against Zizou Bergs of Belgium, sealing the victory with a score of 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (15) in a semi-final full of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[8297,10527,512,167],"class_list":{"0":"post-85914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-davis-cup","9":"tag-flavio-cobolli","10":"tag-italy","11":"tag-tennis"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}