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The young Italian star alongside Matteo Berrettini propelled Italy to Davis Cup success as the home team overcame Spain to secure a record-breaking third consecutive championship in front of an jubilant local supporters

Two days following he narrowly won an epic lengthy decider, the Italian talent returned to excelled as he recovered from behind in sets to beat his Spanish opponent in a grueling match

The young player's tenacious comeback victory triumph sealed a straight sets triumph for his nation in the Italian city after his teammate had prevailed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

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

Local Supporters Fuels Italian Triumph

Backed passionately by the overwhelming number of a packed 10,000-strong crowd, the Italian star overcame a poor beginning to spark scenes of celebration among the Italian athletes, coaches and fans

Cobolli was mobbed by his teammates on court but paused for a moment to praise his opponent on his performance before rejoining the festivities

Star Performers Step Up in Missing Stars

Both Italy and Spain made the final even with missing key players, with the non-participation of top-ranked players denying fans a seventh meeting of 2025 between the world's dominant tennis stars

But, with national second-ranked another key player too missing, the Italian duo seized their moments in the spotlight with three wins from all their matches each this week

Dramatic Comeback Secures Victory

The crowd chanted Cobolli's moniker as he kept his calm to close out his recovery triumph to love, having forced the breakthrough in the 11th game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had admitted he had realized a "goal" in guiding Italy to Sunday's final on home soil

In contrast to the events of the previous match, when Cobolli removed his jersey in jubilation on "one of the best" moments of his life, the world number 22 paid the consequence for a poor beginning as he conceded a one-sided opening set

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

The Italian's fortunes seemed to change after a nine-minute pause in play when a member of the crowd became ill

When play continued, and with Munar down break point, the Italian floated over a shot that caught a fortunate net cord and brought the game back on level terms

Although frustratingly denied multiple opportunities on his rival's service game, the champion wrested control of a must-win tie-break to force the decider - where he yet again performed

The Veteran Extends Impressive Winning Streak

Berrettini had previously extended his Davis Cup individual winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an superb performance against the Spanish opponent

The former Wimbledon runner-up converted his decisive opportunity for a advantage before assuredly closing the first set to love

Having taken 11 of the last 13 points to secure the first 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

His opponent succeeded to save both before producing a sequence of solid serving performances - but Berrettini seized his following chance and closed to zero to complete his triumph