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The young Italian star alongside his compatriot led Italy to team tennis glory as the home team defeated the Spanish team to claim a record-breaking third consecutive championship in front of an ecstatic local supporters

48 hours following he narrowly won a marathon lengthy decider, the Italian talent returned to excelled as he battled back from behind in sets to defeat his Spanish opponent in three sets

The young player's tenacious comeback victory triumph secured a straight sets victory for his nation in Bologna after his teammate had triumphed 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player

It is a fourth overall Davis Cup title overall for the Italian team, who are the first nation to win three straight titles since defending champions no longer received automatic qualification to the championship match over five decades back

Home Crowd Fuels Italian Victory

Backed passionately by the vast majority of a packed capacity crowd, the Italian star conquered a poor beginning to spark scenes of jubilation among the team players, staff and fans

The champion was mobbed by his teammates on the playing surface but took a brief time to praise his opponent on his efforts before returning to the celebrations

Star Performers Step Up in Absence

Each the Italian squad and the Spanish team reached the championship match despite being without key players, with the non-participation of top-ranked players denying fans a seventh matchup of the season between the top-ranked men's players

But, with national second-ranked Lorenzo Musetti too absent, the Italian duo seized their moments in the limelight with perfect records from all their matches each this week

Dramatic Recovery Seals Win

The audience shouted Cobolli's name as he kept his calm to close out his comeback victory 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 stated he had realized a "dream" in delivering Italy to Sunday's showpiece on domestic ground

In opposition to the scenes of Friday night, when the athlete removed his shirt in jubilation on "among the greatest" moments of his career, the ranked player faced the price for a slow start as he conceded a dominant opening set

But the determined player initiated a necessary, swift comeback after falling a behind at the beginning of the second

Cobolli's fortunes appeared to shift after a nine-minute stop in play when a spectator of the audience became unwell

When play continued, and with his opponent down break point, the Italian floated over a volley that caught a lucky net tape and brought the game back on level terms

Although frustratingly denied four set points on his opponent's serve, the champion wrested control of a decisive tie-break to force the decider - where he once again performed

The Veteran Continues Impressive Winning Streak

The Italian star had previously extended his Davis Cup singles winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an superb performance against Carreno Busta

The Grand Slam finalist used his decisive opportunity for a advantage before assuredly closing the opener to love

Having taken the majority of points to take the opening set, Berrettini looked set to tighten his grip on the match upon creating opportunities in the initial game of the following set

His opponent managed to save each before producing a series of strong service games - but the Italian took his following chance and closed to zero to finish his victory