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The young Italian star and his compatriot propelled the Italian squad to team tennis victory as the home team defeated Spain to secure a record-breaking three-peat title in front of an jubilant local supporters

48 hours following he narrowly won a marathon 32-point tie-break, the Italian talent returned to starred as he battled back from behind in sets to beat Jaume Munar in three sets

The young player's determined 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 win secured a 2-0 triumph for his nation in Bologna after Berrettini had triumphed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth Davis Cup title in total for the Italian team, who are the initial country to achieve three consecutive titles since defending champions stopped receiving direct entry to the final 53 years ago

Home Crowd Inspires Team Italy Victory

Supported enthusiastically by the vast majority of a sell-out 10,000-strong audience, Cobolli overcame a poor beginning to spark scenes of jubilation among the team athletes, staff and supporters

Cobolli was surrounded by his team-mates on court but took a brief time to praise Munar on his efforts before rejoining the festivities

Star Performers Step Up in Missing Stars

Each the Italian squad and Spain made the championship match even with being without star athletes, with the non-participation of top-ranked players preventing spectators a seventh matchup of the season between the top-ranked men's players

But, with Italian second-ranked another key player too absent, Cobolli and Berrettini seized their opportunities in the spotlight with three wins from all their matches each this week

Thrilling Recovery Seals Victory

The crowd shouted Cobolli's name as he kept his calm to close out his recovery victory to zero, having achieved the breakthrough in the 11th game of a nail-biting deciding set

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

In opposition to the events of Friday night, when the athlete tore off his jersey in celebration on "among the greatest" moments of his career, the ranked player faced the price for a slow start as he conceded a one-sided first set

But Cobolli initiated a essential, swift response after going a break down at the start of the following set

The Italian's luck appeared to shift after a brief stop in the match when a spectator of the audience became unwell

When the match continued, and with Munar down a critical moment, the Italian floated over a volley that caught a lucky net cord and put the game to deuce

Although frustratingly prevented four set points on his opponent's service game, the champion wrested control of a decisive breaker to force the final set - where he yet again performed

The Veteran Continues Remarkable Winning Streak

The Italian star had earlier extended his team competition individual winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an superb performance against Carreno Busta

The former Wimbledon runner-up converted his third break point for a 5-3 lead before confidently serving out the opener to zero

Having won 11 of the last 13 points to take the opening set, the player appeared ready to tighten his grip on the match upon forcing two break points in the opening game of the second

His opponent managed to survive each before putting together a sequence of solid service games - but Berrettini took his following chance and closed to love to complete his triumph