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The young Italian star alongside Matteo Berrettini led the Italian squad to team tennis success as the hosts defeated Spain to capture a historic three-peat title in front of an ecstatic home crowd

Two days following he narrowly won an epic 32-point tie-break, the Italian talent returned to shone as he fought back from a set and a break down to defeat his Spanish opponent in a grueling match

The 23-year-old's determined comeback victory win secured a 2-0 win for his country in the Italian city after Berrettini had prevailed 6-3 6-4 against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth overall team championship victory in total for the Italian team, who are the first nation to achieve three straight championships since defending champions stopped receiving automatic qualification to the final over five decades back

Local Supporters Inspires Team Italy Victory

Backed passionately by the vast majority of a packed capacity crowd, Cobolli conquered a poor beginning to trigger scenes of celebration among the team athletes, coaches and supporters

Cobolli was mobbed by his team-mates on court but took a brief time to praise Munar on his performance before returning to the celebrations

Key Players Step Up in Absence

Both Italy and Spain reached the final despite being without star athletes, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner denying spectators a seventh matchup of the season between the world's dominant tennis stars

But, with national second-ranked another key player also absent, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their moments in the limelight with perfect records from three singles matches each during the tournament

Thrilling Recovery Seals Win

The crowd chanted Cobolli's name as he kept his composure to serve out his comeback victory to love, having forced the decisive break in the penultimate game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was no mean feat, given he had admitted he had realized a "dream" in guiding Italy to the showpiece on domestic ground

In opposition to the scenes of Friday night, when the athlete removed 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 one-sided first set

But the determined player initiated a essential, immediate comeback after falling a behind at the beginning of the second

Cobolli's fortunes seemed to shift after a brief pause in play when a member of the crowd became unwell

When the match resumed, and with Munar down break point, the Italian floated over a volley that hit a lucky net cord and put the game to deuce

Even though frustratingly denied multiple opportunities on his opponent's serve, Cobolli wrested control of a decisive tie-break to force the final set - where he yet again delivered

Berrettini Extends Remarkable Winning Streak

The Italian star had earlier extended his Davis Cup individual winning streak to 11 matches with an superb display against Carreno Busta

The Grand Slam finalist converted his third break point for a 5-3 lead before confidently serving out the first set to zero

Having taken 11 of the last 13 points to secure the first set, the player looked set to strengthen his grip on the match upon creating opportunities in the opening game of the second

His opponent managed to survive both before producing a series of strong serving performances - but Berrettini took his next opportunity and closed to zero to finish his triumph