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The young Italian star and Matteo Berrettini led Italy to Davis Cup glory as the hosts defeated the Spanish team to capture a record-breaking three-peat championship in front of an ecstatic home crowd

Two days following he edged a marathon lengthy decider, the Italian talent returned to shone as he fought back from a set and a break down to beat his Spanish opponent in three sets

The young player's tenacious comeback victory win clinched a straight sets win for his country in the Italian city after his teammate had won in straight sets against the Spanish player

It is a fourth overall team championship victory in total for Italy, who are the initial country to achieve three straight championships since defending champions stopped receiving automatic qualification to the final 53 years ago

Local Supporters Fuels Team Italy Triumph

Supported passionately by the overwhelming number of a packed capacity crowd, the Italian star overcame a slow start to spark moments of celebration among the Italian athletes, coaches and supporters

The champion was mobbed by his team-mates on the playing surface but took a brief time to commend Munar on his efforts before rejoining the celebrations

Key Players Step Up in Missing Stars

Each the Italian squad and Spain made the final despite being without star athletes, with the absence of top-ranked players preventing fans a seventh matchup of the season between the world's dominant men's players

But, with national number two Lorenzo Musetti also absent, Cobolli and Berrettini seized their opportunities in the spotlight with perfect records from all their matches each during the tournament

Thrilling Recovery Secures Victory

The audience shouted the player's moniker as he kept his composure to serve out his recovery victory to love, having achieved the breakthrough in the 11th game of a nail-biting final set

That was no mean feat, given he had stated he had achieved a "goal" in guiding his nation to Sunday's showpiece on domestic ground

In opposition to the events of Friday night, when the athlete removed his jersey in celebration on "among the greatest" moments of his career, the ranked player faced the consequence for a slow start as he lost a dominant opening set

But the determined player launched a necessary, swift response after going a behind at the beginning of the following set

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

When play resumed, and with his opponent down break point, the player lobbed over a volley that hit a fortunate net cord and brought the game back on level terms

Although annoyingly denied multiple opportunities on his opponent's serve, Cobolli wrested command of a decisive breaker to push the final set - where he once again delivered

The Veteran Continues Impressive Winning Streak

Berrettini had previously taken his Davis Cup singles victory run to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent performance against Carreno Busta

The former Wimbledon runner-up converted his third break point for a advantage before assuredly serving out the opener to zero

Having taken 11 of the last 13 points to take the opening set, the player appeared ready to strengthen his grip on the contest upon creating opportunities in the opening game of the following set

Carreno Busta succeeded to survive both before producing a series of strong serving performances - but Berrettini seized his following chance and served out to zero to complete his victory