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The young Italian star and his compatriot guided the Italian squad to team tennis success as the home team defeated the Spanish team to secure a record-breaking third successive title in front of an ecstatic home crowd

48 hours following he edged a marathon 32-point decider, Cobolli returned to starred as he battled back from a set and a break down to overcome his Spanish opponent in a grueling match

The young player's tenacious 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 win clinched a straight sets win for his nation in the Italian city after Berrettini had prevailed 6-3 6-4 against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth overall team championship title in total for the Italian team, who are the first nation to win three consecutive titles since defending champions stopped receiving automatic qualification to the final over five decades back

Local Supporters Inspires Italian Victory

Backed enthusiastically by the overwhelming number of a packed 10,000-strong audience, Cobolli overcame a poor beginning to trigger moments of celebration among the team athletes, staff and supporters

Cobolli was surrounded by his team-mates on the playing surface but took a moment to commend his opponent on his performance before rejoining the celebrations

Star Performers Deliver in Missing Stars

Both Italy and the Spanish team made the championship match despite being without star athletes, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing spectators a seventh meeting of 2025 between the top-ranked tennis stars

But, with Italian number two another key player too missing, the Italian duo owned their opportunities in the limelight with three wins from three singles matches apiece this week

Dramatic Comeback Seals Win

The crowd shouted Cobolli's moniker as he maintained his calm to close out his comeback victory to love, having forced the breakthrough in the 11th game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had stated he had achieved a "dream" in delivering Italy to the final on domestic ground

In contrast to the events of the previous match, when the athlete tore off his jersey in celebration on "among the greatest" moments of his career, the ranked player faced the consequence for a poor beginning as he lost a dominant opening set

But Cobolli initiated a necessary, swift comeback after going a behind at the beginning of the following set

Cobolli's luck appeared to change after a nine-minute stop in the match when a member of the crowd became ill

When play resumed, and with Munar down a critical moment, the player lobbed over a shot that hit a fortunate net cord and put the set to deuce

Although frustratingly denied multiple opportunities on his opponent's service game, the champion wrested command of a decisive breaker to push the decider - where he yet again delivered

The Veteran Extends Remarkable Winning Streak

The Italian star had earlier extended his Davis Cup individual winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent performance against the Spanish opponent

The former Wimbledon runner-up used his decisive opportunity for a advantage before confidently serving out the first set to zero

Having won 11 of the last 13 points to secure the first set, Berrettini looked set to tighten his grip on the contest upon forcing two break points in the initial game of the second

Carreno Busta managed to survive both before producing a sequence of solid service games - but the Italian took his following chance and closed to love to finish his triumph