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The young Italian star alongside his compatriot guided Italy to team tennis success as the hosts beat the Spanish team to secure a historic third consecutive championship in front of an jubilant home crowd

Two days following he edged a marathon lengthy tie-break, the Italian talent returned to excelled as he recovered from behind in sets to defeat his Spanish opponent in three sets

The young player's gritty 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 success sealed a 2-0 triumph for his country in the Italian city after his teammate had won 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player

It is a fourth Davis Cup victory in total for Italy, who are the first nation to win three straight championships since title holders no longer received automatic qualification to the championship match over five decades back

Home Crowd Fuels Team Italy Triumph

Backed passionately by the vast majority of a sell-out capacity crowd, Cobolli overcame a poor beginning to spark scenes of jubilation among the team athletes, coaches and supporters

Cobolli was mobbed by his teammates on court but took a moment to commend his opponent on his performance before rejoining the celebrations

Key Players Deliver in Missing Stars

Both Italy and Spain made the final despite being without key players, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner denying fans a seventh matchup of the season between the world's dominant men's players

But, with Italian number two Lorenzo Musetti too absent, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their opportunities in the spotlight with perfect records from all their matches each this week

Dramatic Recovery Seals Victory

The audience shouted the player's name as he kept his calm to serve out his comeback victory to love, having achieved the breakthrough in the 11th game of a tense final set

That was no mean feat, given he had stated he had achieved a "dream" in delivering his nation to the showpiece on domestic ground

In opposition to the events of the previous match, when the athlete tore off his shirt in celebration on "one of the best" moments of his life, the ranked player paid the consequence for a slow start as he lost a dominant opening set

But the determined player initiated a essential, swift comeback after going a behind at the beginning of the following set

The Italian's luck seemed to shift after a nine-minute pause in play when a member of the crowd became unwell

When the match continued, and with his opponent facing break point, the player lobbed over a shot that caught a fortunate net cord and put the game to deuce

Even though frustratingly prevented multiple opportunities on his rival's service game, the champion seized control of a decisive tie-break to push the final set - where he yet again delivered

Berrettini Extends Remarkable Run

Berrettini had previously taken his Davis Cup singles victory run to 11 matches with an excellent display against Carreno Busta

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

Having won the majority of points to take the first set, the player looked set to tighten his hold on the match upon forcing opportunities in the initial game of the second

His opponent succeeded to survive both before producing a series of solid serving performances - but the Italian seized his following chance and closed to love to finish his victory