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The young Italian star alongside Matteo Berrettini led Italy to Davis Cup glory as the home team overcame Spain to secure a historic third successive championship in front of an jubilant local supporters

Two days following he narrowly won a marathon 32-point decider, Cobolli returned to starred as he fought back from behind in sets to beat his Spanish opponent in three sets

The 23-year-old's gritty comeback victory success secured a straight sets win for his nation in the Italian city after his teammate had won in straight sets against the Spanish player

It is a fourth overall Davis Cup victory in total for the Italian team, who are the first nation to win three consecutive titles since defending champions stopped receiving direct entry to the championship match over five decades back

Local Supporters Inspires Team Italy Triumph

Backed enthusiastically by the overwhelming number of a sell-out 10,000-strong crowd, Cobolli conquered a slow start to spark scenes of celebration among the Italian athletes, staff and fans

Cobolli was mobbed by his team-mates on court but took a brief time to commend his opponent on his performance before rejoining the celebrations

Key Players Step Up in Missing Stars

Each the Italian squad and Spain reached the championship match even with being without key players, with the absence of top-ranked players denying fans a seventh matchup of 2025 between the world's dominant tennis stars

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

Thrilling Comeback Secures Victory

The audience chanted the player's moniker as he maintained his composure to serve out his recovery triumph to love, having forced the breakthrough in the 11th game of a tense deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had stated he had realized a "goal" in delivering Italy to the final on domestic ground

In opposition to the scenes of Friday night, when the athlete tore off his shirt in celebration on "among the greatest" moments of his career, the ranked player paid the price for a slow start as he lost a dominant opening set

But the determined player launched a necessary, swift response after falling a break down at the beginning of the following set

Cobolli's luck seemed to shift after a brief stop in play when a member of the crowd became ill

When play resumed, and with his opponent facing break point, the Italian floated over a volley that hit a fortunate net tape and put the set to deuce

Even though frustratingly prevented multiple opportunities on his rival's service game, the champion seized command of a must-win tie-break to force the decider - where he once again delivered

Berrettini Extends Remarkable Run

Berrettini had earlier extended his Davis Cup individual victory run to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent performance against the Spanish opponent

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

Having taken 11 of the last 13 points to secure the opening set, the player appeared ready to strengthen his hold on the contest upon creating two break points in the opening game of the second

Carreno Busta managed to survive each before putting together a series of solid service games - but the Italian took his following chance and served out to zero to finish his triumph