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The young Italian star alongside his compatriot led Italy to team tennis glory as the home team overcame Spain to secure a historic third successive title in front of an overjoyed local supporters

48 hours following he edged an epic lengthy tie-break, Cobolli returned to shone as he fought back from a set and a break down to defeat Jaume Munar in three sets

The young player's determined 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 success secured a straight sets victory for his country in the Italian city after his teammate had prevailed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth Davis Cup title overall for the Italian team, who are the initial country to achieve three straight championships since defending champions no longer received automatic qualification to the final 53 years ago

Local Supporters Fuels Team Italy Triumph

Supported passionately by the vast majority of a sell-out capacity audience, the Italian star conquered a poor beginning to spark scenes of jubilation among the Italian athletes, staff and supporters

Cobolli was surrounded by his teammates on court but took a moment to praise Munar on his efforts before returning to the festivities

Star Performers Step Up in Missing Stars

Each the Italian squad and the Spanish team made the final despite missing key players, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing spectators a seventh matchup of the season between the top-ranked tennis stars

But, with national second-ranked Lorenzo Musetti too absent, the Italian duo owned their opportunities in the spotlight with perfect records from three singles matches each this week

Thrilling Recovery Secures Win

The crowd shouted Cobolli's name as he kept his composure to close out his recovery victory to love, having achieved the decisive break in the 11th game of a tense final set

That was no mean feat, given he had admitted he had realized a "goal" in delivering Italy to the final on domestic ground

In opposition to the events of Friday night, when the athlete tore off his shirt in jubilation on "one of the best" moments of his life, the ranked player faced the price for a poor beginning as he conceded a dominant opening set

But Cobolli launched a necessary, swift comeback after falling a break down at the beginning of the following set

Cobolli's fortunes seemed to shift after a nine-minute stop in the match when a spectator of the crowd became unwell

When the match continued, and with Munar down a critical moment, the Italian lobbed over a volley that caught a fortunate net cord and put the game back on level terms

Even though annoyingly prevented four set points on his opponent's service game, Cobolli seized command of a must-win tie-break to force the final set - where he yet again delivered

Berrettini Continues Remarkable Winning Streak

Berrettini had previously extended his team competition individual victory run to eleven consecutive wins with an superb display against Carreno Busta

The former Wimbledon runner-up converted his decisive opportunity for a advantage before assuredly serving out the opener to love

Having won the majority of points to secure the opening set, the player appeared ready to strengthen his grip on the match upon creating two break points in the initial game of the following set

Carreno Busta managed to survive both before putting together a sequence of strong serving performances - but Berrettini took his next opportunity and closed to love to complete his victory