Davis Cup: Italy-Spain 1-0, Cobolli-Munar 0-4 in first set LIVE - News

On the Cobolli-Munar court 0-4 in the first set LIVE Italy leads 1-0 over Spain in the Davis Cup final. Berrettini beat Carreno Busta 6-3, 6-4.

THE FIRST WEEK
Cobolli on his serve failed to stop the Spaniard who dominated the set, double break: 0-4
Munar was supported by the first close at 15 and consolidated the break lead: 0-3
Cobolli on serve came back from 0-30 to 30, then a great hit from Munar saw the Spaniard break: 0-2
Munar opened the set by closing his serve to zero: 0-1

“It doesn’t matter who is on the court, who is at home, who is watching us: we are kids who play tennis, who try to do their best on the court and who love each other.” That was Matteo Berrettini, moments after beating Pablo Carreno Busta in the first match of the Davis Cup final. “You never get used to all this, I don’t want to get used to it, it’s hard to talk because I’m very happy and excited to see and hear from you, but we still have to stay humble: now it’s Flavio’s turn, hopefully now it’s just him, thank you very much for the support.” This morning, he added, “I was a little nervous but the most important thing was to enjoy it. I tried to think about the next point because that’s the only way to win the match, you always move forward and it went well.”

SECOND WEEK
Berrettini gave Italy the first point: 6-4
Carreno Busta on his serve conceded three break points which the Roman capitalized on in the second attempt: 5-4
Berrettini closes at 15: 4-4
Zero score for Carreno Busta: 3-4
Berrettini kept the inning at 30: 3-3
Carreno Busta closed the fifth game in the 30th minute: 2-3
Berrettini also closed at zero: 2-2
Carreno Busta served well and closed his service game to zero: 1-2
Berrettini served in the 30th minute: 1-1
Carreno Busta on serve canceled two break points for Berrettini and created the lead: 0-1

THE FIRST WEEK
Berrettini ended the game and the first set at zero: 6-3
Carreno Busta sells services: 5-3
Berrettini also closed at zero: 4-3
Carreno Busta served well and won the match with a score of zero: 3-3
Berrettini served in the 30th minute: 3-2
Carreno Busta maintains service at 30:00 2-2
Berrettini won the third game with the lead: 2-1
Carreno Busta kept the inning at 30: 1-1
Berrettini started strong in the first game and led 40 to nil. Carreno Busta recovered to make it 40-30. Then Berrettini closed the game with a second ace: 1-0

The scheduled line-up for the Davis Cup final in Bologna has been confirmed. First singles, at 3pm, will pit Italy’s Matteo Berrettini and Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta, followed by Flavio Cobolli against Jaume Munar. For the possible doubles, the pairing announced by captain Volandri and Ferrer is Bolelli-Vavassori against Granoller-Martinez.

Huge cheers in Bologna for the Davis Cup Final in a packed Super Tennis Arena, for the Italy-Spain match and for the first singles match between Matteo Berrettini and Pablo Carreno Busta.

To “open the dance”, singer Francesca Michielin, former voice of the ATP Finals in Turin. Among the banners displayed by the fans, “we won even without Sinner” and many others supporting Berrettini.

This match brought together two teams without champions: Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti, while Spain was without the number one player, Carlos Alcaraz.

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