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Flavio Cobolli and Matteo Berrettini propelled Italy to Davis Cup glory as the hosts beat Spain to secure a record-breaking third successive title in front of an jubilant home crowd

Two days after he narrowly won a marathon lengthy decider, Cobolli returned to shone as he battled back from behind in sets to overcome Jaume Munar in three sets

The young player's determined comeback victory triumph secured a straight sets victory for his nation in Bologna after Berrettini had triumphed in straight sets against the Spanish player

It is a fourth overall team championship title in total for the Italian team, who are the initial country to win three consecutive championships since title holders stopped receiving automatic qualification to the championship match over five decades back

Local Supporters Inspires Italian Victory

Backed passionately by the vast majority of a sell-out 10,000-strong audience, the Italian star overcame a poor beginning to trigger scenes of jubilation among the team athletes, staff and supporters

Cobolli was mobbed by his teammates on the playing surface but paused for a moment to praise Munar on his performance before returning to the festivities

Star Performers Deliver in Absence

Both the Italian squad and Spain made the final despite being without star athletes, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner denying fans a seventh meeting of 2025 between the world's dominant men's players

But, with Italian number two Lorenzo Musetti too missing, Cobolli and Berrettini seized their moments in the spotlight with three wins from all their matches each during the tournament

Dramatic Comeback Seals Win

The crowd chanted the player's name as he kept his composure to serve out his comeback triumph to love, having achieved the decisive break in the 11th game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had stated he had achieved a "dream" in delivering Italy to Sunday's showpiece on domestic ground

In opposition to the scenes of the previous match, when the athlete removed his jersey in celebration on "among the greatest" moments of his life, the ranked player faced the consequence for a poor beginning as he conceded a one-sided opening set

But Cobolli initiated a essential, immediate comeback after going a break down at the start of the following set

The Italian's fortunes appeared to change after a nine-minute pause in play when a spectator of the audience became ill

When play resumed, and with his opponent facing a critical moment, the player floated over a shot that hit a lucky net cord and brought the set back on level terms

Even though annoyingly denied four set points on his opponent's service game, the champion wrested command of a decisive tie-break to push the decider - where he once again performed

Berrettini Continues Remarkable Run

Berrettini had previously taken his Davis Cup individual winning streak to 11 matches with an superb display against Carreno Busta

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

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

His opponent managed to survive both before producing a sequence of solid serving performances - but the Italian seized his next opportunity and closed to love to finish his triumph