Overview
- Italy swept Belgium 2-0 in Bologna, with Matteo Berrettini opening the semifinal by defeating Raphael Collignon 6-3, 6-4.
- Flavio Cobolli clinched the tie by saving seven match points to beat Zizou Bergs 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (15) in a three-hour thriller featuring a 32-point final-set tiebreak.
- Spain advanced 2-1 over Germany as Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martinez won the deciding doubles after Pablo Carreno Busta saved five set points to win the opening singles and Alexander Zverev leveled the tie.
- Italy would become the first nation to win three consecutive Davis Cup titles since the post-1971 end of the Challenge Round if they prevail on Sunday.
- Italy have progressed without Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti, while Spain are without Carlos Alcaraz, in a Final 8 staged before a fervent Bologna crowd of roughly 10,000.