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Flavio Cobolli alongside Matteo Berrettini propelled the Italian squad to team tennis victory as the home team defeated the Spanish team to capture a record-breaking three-peat title in front of an jubilant local supporters

48 hours after he narrowly won an epic lengthy tie-break, Cobolli returned to shone as he recovered from a set and a break down to beat his Spanish opponent in a grueling match

The young player's gritty comeback victory win clinched a straight sets win for his country in the Italian city after Berrettini had triumphed 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player

It is a fourth overall team championship victory overall for the Italian team, who are the first nation to achieve three consecutive titles since defending champions no longer received automatic qualification to the championship match over five decades back

Local Supporters Inspires Team Italy Triumph

Backed enthusiastically by the overwhelming number of a sell-out capacity audience, the Italian star conquered a poor beginning to spark moments of jubilation among the Italian players, coaches and supporters

Cobolli was surrounded by his teammates on the playing surface but paused for a moment to commend his opponent on his efforts before returning to the celebrations

Key Players Step Up in Missing Stars

Both the Italian squad and Spain made the final despite being without key players, with the absence of top-ranked players denying fans a seventh matchup of 2025 between the world's dominant men's players

But, with national second-ranked another key player also missing, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their moments in the limelight with three wins from all their matches each this week

Dramatic Recovery Seals Win

The crowd chanted Cobolli's name as he kept his composure to close out his comeback triumph to zero, having forced the decisive break in the penultimate game of a nail-biting final set

That was no mean feat, given he had admitted he had realized a "dream" in guiding Italy to Sunday's showpiece on home soil

In contrast to the scenes of the previous match, when the athlete removed his jersey in jubilation on "among the greatest" days of his life, the ranked player faced the price for a poor beginning as he conceded a one-sided opening set

But the determined player initiated a necessary, immediate comeback after going a behind at the beginning of the following set

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

When play continued, and with his opponent facing break point, the player lobbed over a volley that hit a fortunate net tape and put the game to deuce

Even though annoyingly prevented four set points on his rival's serve, the champion wrested command of a must-win tie-break to force the decider - where he yet again performed

Berrettini Continues Impressive Winning Streak

Berrettini had previously extended his Davis Cup individual victory run to 11 matches with an superb performance against Carreno Busta

The former Wimbledon runner-up 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 first set, Berrettini appeared ready to tighten his grip on the match upon creating two break points in the initial game of the second

Carreno Busta succeeded to survive each before putting together a series of solid serving performances - but Berrettini took his next opportunity and closed to zero to finish his victory