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The young Italian star and his compatriot guided Italy to team tennis victory as the home team overcame Spain to secure a record-breaking third consecutive championship in front of an jubilant home crowd

Two days after he edged a marathon lengthy decider, the Italian talent returned to shone as he fought back from behind in sets to beat Jaume Munar in three sets

The young player's tenacious 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 triumph sealed a straight sets triumph for his nation in the Italian city after Berrettini had prevailed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth overall team championship title overall for the Italian team, who are the first nation to win three consecutive titles since defending champions stopped receiving automatic qualification to the championship match 53 years ago

Local Supporters Fuels Italian Triumph

Backed enthusiastically by the vast majority of a packed capacity audience, the Italian star overcame a slow start to spark moments of jubilation among the Italian athletes, coaches and supporters

Cobolli was mobbed by his teammates on court but paused for a brief time to praise Munar on his efforts before rejoining the festivities

Key Players Deliver in Missing Stars

Both the Italian squad and the Spanish team made the final despite missing star athletes, with the non-participation of top-ranked players preventing spectators a seventh meeting of 2025 between the top-ranked tennis stars

But, with national second-ranked another key player also absent, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their moments in the spotlight with perfect records from three singles matches apiece this week

Thrilling Comeback Seals Win

The audience shouted Cobolli's moniker as he maintained his calm to close out his comeback victory to love, having achieved the breakthrough in the penultimate game of a tense deciding set

That was no mean feat, given he had stated he had realized a "goal" in delivering his nation to Sunday's showpiece on home soil

In opposition to the events of Friday night, when Cobolli removed his jersey in celebration on "one of the best" days of his life, the ranked player paid the consequence for a poor beginning as he lost a dominant first set

But Cobolli launched a necessary, swift response after going a behind at the start of the second

The Italian's fortunes appeared to change after a brief stop in play when a spectator of the audience became unwell

When the match resumed, and with his opponent facing break point, the Italian lobbed over a volley that caught a fortunate net tape and put the game to deuce

Even though annoyingly denied multiple opportunities on his opponent's serve, the champion seized command of a decisive breaker to push the decider - where he once again delivered

Berrettini Extends Impressive Winning Streak

The Italian star had earlier taken his team competition individual winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent display against the Spanish opponent

The former Wimbledon runner-up converted his decisive opportunity for a advantage before confidently serving out the first set to zero

Having taken the majority of points to secure the first set, the player appeared ready to tighten his grip on the contest upon creating two break points in the opening game of the following set

Carreno Busta succeeded to survive both before producing a sequence of strong service games - but the Italian took his next opportunity and closed to love to finish his victory