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The young Italian star and his compatriot guided the Italian squad to Davis Cup glory as the home team overcame the Spanish team to claim a historic three-peat championship in front of an jubilant home crowd

Two days following he edged an epic 32-point decider, the Italian talent returned to shone as he fought back from behind in sets to defeat his Spanish opponent in three sets

The young player's determined comeback victory win clinched a straight sets victory for his nation in Bologna after Berrettini had won in straight sets against the Spanish player

It is a fourth Davis Cup victory in total for the Italian team, who are the initial country to win three consecutive titles since title holders stopped receiving direct entry to the final over five decades back

Local Supporters Fuels Team Italy Triumph

Supported enthusiastically by the vast majority of a packed 10,000-strong audience, Cobolli overcame a poor beginning to spark scenes of celebration among the team players, staff and fans

Cobolli was surrounded by his teammates on court but took a brief time to praise his opponent on his efforts before returning to the festivities

Star Performers Step Up in Absence

Both the Italian squad and Spain made the final despite missing key players, with the absence of top-ranked players preventing spectators a seventh meeting of 2025 between the world's dominant tennis stars

But, with Italian second-ranked another key player also missing, the Italian duo owned their moments in the spotlight with three wins from three singles matches apiece during the tournament

Thrilling Recovery Secures Victory

The audience shouted the player's moniker as he kept his calm to close out his recovery triumph to love, having achieved the breakthrough in the 11th game of a tense deciding set

That was no mean feat, given he had stated he had realized a "dream" in guiding his nation to Sunday's showpiece on domestic ground

In opposition to the events of Friday night, when the athlete removed his shirt in celebration on "one of the best" moments of his career, the ranked player paid the consequence for a slow start as he lost a dominant opening set

But the determined player launched a necessary, swift comeback after falling a break down at the start of the second

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

When play resumed, and with his opponent down a critical moment, the Italian floated over a volley that caught a lucky net cord and put the set to deuce

Although annoyingly prevented four set points on his opponent's serve, the champion seized command of a decisive tie-break to push the final set - where he once again delivered

The Veteran Extends Remarkable Winning Streak

Berrettini had earlier extended his team competition singles winning streak to 11 matches with an superb performance against the Spanish opponent

The Grand Slam finalist used his third break point for a advantage before confidently serving out the opener to zero

Having taken the majority of points to secure the opening set, the player looked set to tighten his hold on the match upon forcing opportunities in the initial game of the second

Carreno Busta succeeded to save each before producing a series of strong serving performances - but the Italian seized his following chance and closed to love to finish his triumph