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The young Italian star and Matteo Berrettini propelled Italy to Davis Cup glory as the hosts defeated Spain to claim a historic third successive title in front of an jubilant local supporters

48 hours following he narrowly won an epic 32-point decider, Cobolli once again excelled as he recovered from behind in sets to defeat Jaume Munar in three sets

The young player's gritty comeback victory triumph secured a 2-0 triumph for his nation in the Italian city after his teammate had triumphed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

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

Local Supporters Fuels Italian Triumph

Backed enthusiastically by the overwhelming number of a sell-out 10,000-strong audience, Cobolli overcame a poor beginning to trigger moments of jubilation among the Italian players, staff and supporters

The champion was surrounded by his teammates on the playing surface but paused for a brief time to commend his opponent on his performance before rejoining the celebrations

Key Players Step Up in Absence

Both Italy and Spain reached the championship match despite being without star athletes, with the non-participation of top-ranked players denying spectators a seventh matchup of 2025 between the top-ranked tennis stars

But, with national number two another key player too missing, Cobolli and Berrettini seized their opportunities in the spotlight with three wins from all their matches each this week

Thrilling Recovery Seals Victory

The audience shouted the player's moniker as he maintained his calm to close out his comeback triumph to love, having achieved the breakthrough in the penultimate game of a tense deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had stated he had achieved a "dream" in guiding his nation to Sunday's showpiece on domestic ground

In contrast to the events of Friday night, when Cobolli tore off his jersey in jubilation on "among the greatest" days of his life, the ranked player paid the consequence for a poor beginning as he conceded a dominant first set

But Cobolli launched a essential, immediate response after falling a behind at the start of the second

Cobolli's luck appeared to shift after a brief pause in play when a spectator of the audience became unwell

When the match resumed, and with Munar down a critical moment, the player floated over a shot that hit a lucky net cord and brought the game to deuce

Even though frustratingly prevented multiple opportunities on his opponent's serve, the champion wrested command of a decisive tie-break to push the decider - where he once again delivered

The Veteran Continues Impressive Run

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

The Grand Slam finalist converted his decisive opportunity for a advantage before confidently serving out the opener to love

Having taken the majority of points to take the opening set, Berrettini looked set to tighten his grip on the contest upon creating two break points in the initial game of the second

His opponent succeeded to save both before putting together a series of solid serving performances - but Berrettini seized his next opportunity and closed to love to complete his triumph