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The young Italian star and Matteo Berrettini led Italy to Davis Cup success as the hosts overcame the Spanish team to claim a historic three-peat title in front of an overjoyed home crowd

48 hours following he edged an epic lengthy decider, Cobolli returned to shone as he recovered from behind in sets to beat his Spanish opponent in a grueling match

The young player's determined 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 triumph sealed a 2-0 victory for his country in the Italian city after Berrettini had triumphed in straight sets against the Spanish player

It is a fourth team championship victory in total for Italy, who are the first nation to win three straight titles since title holders no longer received direct entry to the championship match 53 years ago

Local Supporters Inspires Team Italy Victory

Supported enthusiastically by the vast majority of a packed 10,000-strong crowd, the Italian star conquered a slow start to spark moments of jubilation among the team athletes, staff and fans

The champion was mobbed by his teammates on the playing surface but took a moment to commend his opponent on his performance before returning to the celebrations

Key Players Step Up in Absence

Each Italy and Spain reached the championship match despite being without star athletes, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner denying spectators a seventh matchup of 2025 between the top-ranked men's players

But, with Italian second-ranked another key player too absent, the Italian duo owned their opportunities in the limelight with three wins from three singles matches apiece during the tournament

Dramatic Recovery Seals Win

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

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had stated he had realized a "dream" in delivering his nation to Sunday's final on home soil

In contrast to the scenes of Friday night, when the athlete removed his shirt in jubilation on "among the greatest" days of his life, the ranked player faced the consequence for a slow start as he conceded a one-sided opening set

But Cobolli launched a necessary, immediate response after falling a behind at the beginning of the second

Cobolli's fortunes seemed to shift after a brief stop in play when a spectator of the audience became ill

When play continued, and with his opponent facing break point, the player floated over a shot that caught a fortunate net cord and put the set to deuce

Although annoyingly prevented four set points on his rival's service game, the champion wrested control of a decisive tie-break to force the decider - where he once again performed

Berrettini Continues Impressive Run

The Italian star had earlier taken his team competition individual victory run to eleven consecutive wins with an superb performance against the Spanish opponent

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

Having won 11 of the last 13 points to secure the opening set, Berrettini looked set to tighten his grip on the contest upon forcing opportunities in the opening game of the second

His opponent succeeded to save both before putting together a series of strong service games - but the Italian took his next opportunity and served out to love to complete his victory