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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 three-peat title in front of an jubilant local supporters

Two days following he narrowly won a marathon 32-point decider, the Italian talent once again excelled as he battled back from behind in sets to overcome Jaume Munar in three sets

The 23-year-old's gritty comeback victory win sealed a straight sets win for his country in Bologna after Berrettini had won 6-3 6-4 against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth team championship victory overall for the Italian team, who are the initial country to achieve three consecutive championships since title holders no longer received automatic qualification to the championship match over five decades back

Home Crowd Inspires Italian Triumph

Supported enthusiastically by the vast majority of a packed 10,000-strong crowd, the Italian star conquered a poor beginning to trigger scenes of celebration among the Italian athletes, coaches and supporters

Cobolli was surrounded by his team-mates on court but took a moment to praise his opponent on his performance before returning to the festivities

Star Performers Step Up in Absence

Both the Italian squad and the Spanish team reached the championship match despite missing key players, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing spectators a seventh meeting of the season between the top-ranked tennis stars

But, with Italian number two Lorenzo Musetti too missing, the Italian duo owned their opportunities in the limelight with three wins from three singles matches apiece during the tournament

Dramatic Comeback Secures Victory

The audience shouted Cobolli's moniker as he maintained his calm to serve out his comeback triumph to love, having achieved the decisive break in the penultimate game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had admitted he had achieved a "dream" in guiding his nation to the final on home soil

In opposition to the scenes of Friday night, when Cobolli tore off his shirt in jubilation on "among the greatest" days of his life, the ranked player faced the consequence for a poor beginning as he conceded a dominant opening set

But the determined player initiated a essential, immediate comeback after falling a break down at the start of the following set

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

When play continued, and with Munar facing break point, the player floated over a volley that caught a fortunate net cord and brought the set to deuce

Even though annoyingly prevented multiple opportunities on his opponent's service game, Cobolli seized control of a decisive breaker to push the decider - where he yet again performed

Berrettini Continues Remarkable Winning Streak

Berrettini had previously extended his team competition individual winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent display against Carreno Busta

The Grand Slam finalist used his decisive opportunity for a advantage before assuredly closing the first set to zero

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

His opponent succeeded to survive each before putting together a series of strong serving performances - but the Italian took his following chance and served out to zero to finish his victory