BOLOGNA, Italy (AP) — Flavio Cobolli beat Filip Misolic 6-1, 6-3 on Wednesday to clinch a 2-0 victory for two-time defending champion Italy over Austria and set up a Davis Cup semifinal against Belgium.

Cobolli sealed his dominant victory with a service winner after 65 minutes to delight the home crowd.

“We all want to win this cup and I felt the support of the bench, it was unbelievable,” Cobolli said. “When I play for them, it is something which I cannot describe.”

The semifinal is scheduled for Friday.

Italy has won 12 straight Davis Cup ties since its last loss — to Canada in the finals group stage in 2023.

Earlier, Italy’s Matteo Berrettini beat Jurij Rodionov 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Berrettini was 5-2 down in the second set before coming back with a break in ninth game. He saved three se

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