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The young Italian star and Matteo Berrettini propelled the Italian squad to team tennis victory as the home team beat Spain to capture a historic three-peat title in front of an overjoyed home crowd

48 hours following he edged an epic 32-point tie-break, the Italian talent once again shone as he battled back from behind in sets to overcome Jaume Munar in a grueling match

The young player's determined comeback victory triumph sealed a 2-0 win for his nation in the Italian city after his teammate had triumphed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth overall team championship title overall for the Italian team, who are the initial country to win three straight titles since title holders stopped receiving direct entry to the championship match 53 years ago

Local Supporters Inspires Team Italy Triumph

Backed enthusiastically by the overwhelming number of a sell-out 10,000-strong audience, the Italian star overcame a poor beginning to trigger scenes of celebration among the team players, coaches and fans

Cobolli was mobbed by his team-mates on the playing surface but took a moment to commend Munar on his efforts before returning to the celebrations

Star Performers Step Up in Missing Stars

Each the Italian squad and the Spanish team reached the final despite missing star athletes, with the absence of top-ranked players preventing fans a seventh matchup of 2025 between the top-ranked men's players

But, with Italian second-ranked Lorenzo Musetti too absent, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their moments in the spotlight with three wins from three singles matches apiece during the tournament

Dramatic Recovery Secures Victory

The audience shouted the player's moniker as he kept his composure to close out his comeback 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 Italy to Sunday's showpiece on domestic ground

In contrast to the scenes of Friday night, when the athlete removed his jersey in jubilation on "among the greatest" days of his life, the world number 22 paid the price for a poor beginning as he lost a one-sided first set

But the determined player launched a essential, swift response after going a behind at the start of the second

The Italian's fortunes appeared to shift after a nine-minute pause in the match when a member of the crowd became unwell

When the match continued, and with his opponent down break point, the player floated over a volley that hit a lucky net tape and put the set back on level terms

Even though annoyingly prevented four set points on his opponent's serve, the champion wrested command of a must-win breaker to push the decider - where he yet again delivered

The Veteran Extends Remarkable Run

The Italian star had earlier extended his team competition individual winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an superb display against Carreno Busta

The Grand Slam finalist converted his decisive opportunity for a 5-3 lead before confidently closing the opener to love

Having won the majority of points to secure the first set, the player looked set to tighten his hold on the match upon creating two break points in the opening game of the second

His opponent managed to save each before putting together a sequence of solid service games - but Berrettini seized his following chance and closed to zero to complete his triumph