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The young Italian star alongside his compatriot guided Italy to Davis Cup glory as the hosts defeated Spain to secure a record-breaking third successive championship in front of an jubilant home crowd

48 hours after he narrowly won an epic lengthy decider, the Italian talent once again starred as he recovered from a set and a break down to beat his Spanish opponent in three sets

The young player's determined comeback victory win secured a straight sets win for his country in Bologna after Berrettini had won in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth Davis Cup victory in total for the Italian team, who are the initial country to achieve three consecutive titles since title holders no longer received automatic qualification to the final 53 years ago

Local Supporters Inspires Italian Victory

Backed enthusiastically by the overwhelming number of a packed 10,000-strong crowd, Cobolli overcame a poor beginning to trigger moments of celebration among the team athletes, staff and supporters

Cobolli was surrounded by his team-mates on court but paused for a moment to praise Munar on his performance before rejoining the festivities

Key Players Step Up in Missing Stars

Each Italy and the Spanish team made the championship match even with being without key players, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing fans a seventh matchup of 2025 between the top-ranked tennis stars

But, with national number two Lorenzo Musetti also absent, the Italian duo owned their moments in the limelight with perfect records from all their matches each during the tournament

Thrilling Recovery Secures Victory

The crowd chanted the player's moniker as he kept his calm to serve out his comeback victory to zero, having achieved the decisive break in the 11th game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had stated he had achieved a "goal" in guiding his nation to the showpiece on home soil

In contrast to the scenes of Friday night, when the athlete tore off his jersey in jubilation on "one of the best" moments of his career, the ranked player faced the consequence for a poor beginning as he conceded a dominant opening set

But Cobolli initiated a essential, immediate response after falling a behind at the beginning of the following set

The Italian's luck seemed to change after a brief pause in the match when a member of the crowd became ill

When the match resumed, and with Munar down a critical moment, the player lobbed over a volley that caught a fortunate net tape and put the set to deuce

Even though frustratingly denied multiple opportunities on his rival's serve, the champion seized command of a decisive tie-break to force the final set - where he once again performed

The Veteran Continues Remarkable Run

Berrettini had earlier extended his team competition singles winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent display against Carreno Busta

The Grand Slam finalist converted his decisive opportunity for a 5-3 lead before assuredly serving out the opener to love

Having won the majority of points to secure the opening set, the player looked set to tighten his grip on the match upon forcing two break points in the initial game of the following set

His opponent succeeded to survive each before producing a sequence of strong service games - but Berrettini seized his following chance and closed to love to finish his triumph