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The young Italian star and Matteo Berrettini led the Italian squad to team tennis success as the home team beat the Spanish team to secure a record-breaking third consecutive title in front of an ecstatic local supporters

Two days after he edged an epic 32-point tie-break, the Italian talent once again starred as he recovered from behind in sets to defeat his Spanish opponent in a grueling match

The 23-year-old's tenacious comeback victory win secured a 2-0 triumph for his country in the Italian city after Berrettini had triumphed 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player

It is a fourth Davis Cup title in total for the Italian team, who are the first nation to win three straight titles since defending champions no longer received automatic qualification to the championship match 53 years ago

Home Crowd Inspires Team Italy Victory

Backed passionately by the overwhelming number of a sell-out capacity crowd, Cobolli overcame a slow start to spark scenes of celebration among the Italian athletes, coaches and fans

Cobolli was surrounded by his team-mates on the playing surface but took a moment to praise his opponent on his efforts before rejoining the festivities

Key Players Step Up in Absence

Each the Italian squad and the Spanish team made the championship match even with missing star athletes, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner denying spectators a seventh meeting of the season between the top-ranked men's players

But, with national second-ranked another key player also missing, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their moments in the limelight with perfect records from all their matches each this week

Dramatic Comeback Seals Victory

The audience shouted Cobolli's moniker as he kept his calm to serve out his comeback victory to love, having achieved the breakthrough in the penultimate game of a tense deciding set

That was no mean feat, given he had stated he had realized a "goal" in delivering his nation to the showpiece on home soil

In contrast to the scenes of the previous match, when the athlete removed his jersey in jubilation on "among the greatest" days of his career, the world number 22 faced the price for a poor beginning as he lost a dominant first set

But Cobolli initiated a necessary, immediate comeback after going a behind at the start of the second

Cobolli's luck appeared to change after a brief pause in the match when a spectator of the audience became ill

When the match continued, and with Munar down break point, the Italian lobbed over a volley that caught a fortunate net tape and put the game to deuce

Even though frustratingly denied multiple opportunities on his rival's service game, the champion seized command of a decisive breaker to force the final set - where he once again delivered

Berrettini Extends Impressive Winning Streak

Berrettini had previously extended his team competition singles victory run to 11 matches with an superb performance against the Spanish opponent

The Grand Slam finalist converted his decisive opportunity for a advantage before confidently closing the opener to zero

Having won the majority of points to secure the opening set, the player looked set to tighten his hold on the contest upon creating two break points in the initial game of the second

Carreno Busta managed to survive each before putting together a series of solid serving performances - but the Italian took his next opportunity and closed to love to finish his victory