Coboli lifts Italy to third consecutive Davis Cup title in thriller – Tennis Now
By Richard Pagliaro Sunday, November 23, 2025
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The Italian flag flies like holiday lights.
Dig deeper, Flavio Coboli The ultimate championship gift for Italian fans.
Brave Coboli roars to victory over rivals Jaume Munar The host team Italy defeated Spain 2-0 with a score of 1-6, 7-6(5), 7-5 at the Super Tennis Arena in Bologna to win their third consecutive Davis Cup title.
earlier, Matteo Berrettini beat Pablo Carreno Busta 6-3, 6-4, the Italian team took a 1-0 lead, laying the foundation for Coboli’s heroics to complete Italy’s Davis Cup Triple Crown in front of the noisy home fans.
“There are no words to describe these feelings,” Coboly said. “I had a lot of dreams tonight. I don’t know how I won because the game was tight.
“Jaime played very well. If you give everything in your heart, we will not lose for our country. I don’t know what happened today, I don’t know where I am, but all I know is that we are world champions.”
This week, Copoli, ranked 22nd in the world, became a true tennis marathon runner.
Coboli saved seven match points in the duel on Friday Zidane Burgers 6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(15) After more than three hours of exciting victory, the Italian team defeated the Belgian team in the semi-finals. The epic match came after Berrettini beat Rafael Collignon 6-3, 6-4. Coboli has known Berrettini since he was eight years old and described his team-mate as “like a brother to me”.
Today, when Coboli hit a final forehand to end the match, the entire Italian team flocked to him like a festive family reunion.
Coboli, who was beaten in the first set, used a ferocious forehand to ignite an inspired comeback – just two months ago, Munar beat the 23-year-old Italian in straight sets at the Shanghai Rolex Masters.
At the Super Tennis Arena, Italy cemented its reputation as a tennis superpower.
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“I thought Jaume played well in the first set and I was a little nervous,” Coboly said. “I felt shaky about my game. I looked at my bench and saw something in my body and in my heart that I gave everything for this team. Like I said before: I’m a world champion.”
After receiving the cup, Coboli knelt down and kissed the court, then stood up and kissed the Italian flag on his chest, embracing the most important game of his career.
“It’s amazing,” Coboly said. “I invite everyone I really want to come today, my family is here, my friends, my brothers, my girlfriend. I’m very happy. I want to celebrate with all the team.”
In a dramatic Davis Cup final, both teams were without their respective champions.
World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz Sidelined by right hamstring injury, while Spain captain David Ferrer Choose not to choose Alejandro Davidovich Fokina The world number 14 reportedly pulled out of a Davis Cup match earlier this season. You can’t fault captain Ferrer’s selection of players as they all showed tremendous courage to lead Spain to their first Davis Cup final since 2019.
Wimbledon champion and World No. 2 Jannik Sinner, He led Italy to the last two Davis Cup titles and the World Championship 8 Lorenzo Musettihis partner Veronica is pregnant and expecting the couple’s second child.
in the end, Italy captain Filippo Vollandri The pride his players showed this week brought him to tears of joy. The Italian team did not drop a single match in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, winning all six singles matches.
This is Italy’s fourth Davis Cup title in nearly 50 years Adriano Panata, The only man to defeat Bjorn Borg twice at Roland Garros led Italy to the 1976 Cup title.
“This is the third win in a row, but I cried, and I didn’t cry for the first game,” Vollandri said. “It’s unbelievable. We’ve been through a lot of tough moments, even if it doesn’t look like it.
“As a team we have the ability to control this moment. Just like Jannik and Musetti did here. Only with a strong team can you achieve incredible results. It’s incredible. It’s time to enjoy it.”
Just spare a thought for Munar and his Spanish teammates, who played with energy all weekend.
The Spanish team fell behind 0-1 today and were fighting with their last legs. Munar carried Spain on his shoulders and performed brilliantly in what was arguably his best opening set of the season.
Munar was full of passion from the first ball, beating Coboli at lightning speed and scoring six points in a row to kick off the second singles match.
When Coboli delivered an apparent point-ending smash, Munnar responded with a Federer-esque backhand over-the-shoulder drive to extend the lead and earn break point with a forehand winner. After returning the ball with his backhand, Munnar hit the ball with a fierce backhand and scored, 2-0.
Another bold backhand from the baseline helped Munar break serve. He jumped high and walked to the team’s bench with a 3-0 lead.
A stunned Coboly earned three break points in a tense fifth game for a total of five break points. Munar would not give up all five break points and held for 10 minutes to hold on to a 5-0 lead.
It took Cobolli 31 minutes to finally get on the board.
This is a brief repricing. Munar shouted “Vamos!” and hugged himself with love to take the first set.
Munar scored 13 winning goals in 33 minutes of action, including some spectacular goals. The Spaniard immediately got back to work, making up for a forehand error and breaking serve to start the second set.
Coboli rallied in the second game and again came under pressure. A fan at the Super Tennis Arena apparently fell ill after the Italian had a break point, causing play to be delayed for about nine minutes.
Munar immediately saved a break point after the restart and then saved a third break point. Coboli hit a volley off the top of the tape and slowly dribbled past the Spaniard as he earned his fourth break point. When Munar’s forehand hit the net, the Italian tied the score at 1.
Neither man could threaten serve for the rest of the game, and both men created some timely lobs to resolve the trouble.
In the 5-6 service game, Munar faced tremendous pressure and erased two set points. The Spaniard saved the third set point with a nice serve and volley. Facing the fourth set point, Munar once again served and volleyed with a sharp backhand volley.
The re-energized Munnar denied four set points and hit consecutive aces to force the decider.
Copoli, the standout player in the 2025 decider, immediately unleashed an inside-out forehand. The Italian hit consecutive diagonal forehand winners and then smashed the ball, making the score 4-1.
Coppolo calmly waited for the ball to fall, and he used a bouncing smash to gain three more set points.
On his seventh set point, Coboly stepped in and sealed the second set with a forehand to the line and leaped off the court like a trampoline to put the final set on the line.
In one game, the score was far apart between the two, and Coboli’s courage kept him going. After a stalemate at 5, Coboli showed off his forehand and won three break points.
On his third break point, Coboli broke with a huge grunt and a powerful inside-out forehand to make it 6-5.
With the Davis Cup shining on his shoulders, Coboly flew across the finish line and served with conviction to complete the match of his life, lifting the trophy in two hours and 56 minutes.
Matteo Berrettini D. Pablo Carreno Busta 6-3, 6-4
Matteo Berrettini The hammer that started the final Pablo Carreno Busta6-3, 6-4. The Italian team leads 1-0.
Berrettini, who has been plagued by injuries in recent years, has cemented his status as a Davis Cup warrior.
“I’m proud of myself, proud of my teammates and my coach who made this final possible,” Berrettini said later. “I’m really happy that I’m here.
“I tried to enjoy it as much as I could. I’m really proud and really happy that my family was here watching. It’s one of those moments that I’ll remember for the rest of my life.”
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Berrettini and Carreno Busta both held on until the eighth game.
A series of deep counterattacks by the Italian earned him three break points. Carreno Busta saved two break points against his opponent’s weaker backhand flank.
On the third break point, Berrettini’s forehand broke the tape and fell to the sideline. Immediately afterwards, Berrettini instinctively covered the cross-court pass and hit a beautiful backhand volley to score, rewriting the score to 5-3 and inspiring the Italian team’s explosive power.
Berrettini serves in love.
The 2021 Wimbledon finalist blasted six aces and made no double faults in the 35-minute opener. Berrettini hit 7 more winning points in the first set, 10-3.
Pressure on the scoreboard and a series of brilliant returns from Berrettini helped the Italian break the Spaniard’s serve in the ninth game of the second set.
At Love-30, Carreno Busta tried to attack the Italian’s backhand, but Berrettini waited and earned three break points with a cross-handed pass.
On the second break point, Berrettini made a deep return attack in the middle, stirring the Spaniard’s shoelaces, and achieved a key break of 5-4.
Berrettini looked back and ended the game with confidence, bursting into a primal scream before embracing Italy captain Filippo Vollandri.
Berrettini ended the week with a perfect 3-0 record in singles matches without dropping a set, sending Italian fans into an emotional state. Berrettini has not lost a Davis Cup singles match since bowing out to Taylor Fritz in 2019.
The 29-year-old Rome resident helped Italy win the 2024 Davis Cup title with a 5-0 record in singles matches, earning his 11th consecutive Davis Cup singles victory and setting up teammate Flavio Coboli for the title.
