Tennis-Holders Italy ease past Austria to reach Davis Cup semi-finals


  • Tennis
  • Thursday, 20 Nov 2025

Tennis - Davis Cup - Final 8 - Italy v Austria - Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy - November 19, 2025 Italy's Flavio Cobolli celebrates winning his match against Austria's Filip Misolic with Italy's captain Filippo Volandri REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo

BOLOGNA, Italy (Reuters) -Hosts Italy stayed on course for a Davis Cup 'three-peat' with a convincing victory over Austria in Bologna on Wednesday to set up a semi-final clash against Belgium.

Even without top players Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti, the Italians were way too strong in front of a partisan crowd with singles wins for Matteo Berrettini and Flavio Cobolli.

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