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The young Italian star and Matteo Berrettini guided the Italian squad to team tennis victory as the home team overcame the Spanish team to secure a record-breaking third successive title in front of an ecstatic local supporters

Two days following he edged a marathon lengthy tie-break, the Italian talent returned to starred as he fought back from a set and a break down to beat Jaume Munar in three sets

The 23-year-old's tenacious comeback victory triumph secured a straight sets victory for his nation in Bologna after Berrettini had won in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth overall team championship title overall for Italy, who are the first nation to achieve three straight championships since title holders stopped receiving direct entry to the final over five decades back

Local Supporters Inspires Italian Victory

Supported enthusiastically by the overwhelming number of a packed 10,000-strong crowd, Cobolli conquered a slow start to spark scenes of jubilation among the team athletes, coaches and supporters

Cobolli was surrounded by his team-mates on the playing surface but took a brief time to praise Munar on his performance before rejoining the festivities

Star Performers Deliver in Absence

Both the Italian squad and Spain made the final despite missing star athletes, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing fans a seventh meeting of 2025 between the world's dominant tennis stars

But, with Italian number two Lorenzo Musetti too absent, the Italian duo seized their moments in the spotlight with perfect records from all their matches each this week

Dramatic Comeback Secures Win

The crowd shouted Cobolli's name as he kept his calm 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 realized a "goal" in guiding his nation to the showpiece on domestic ground

In opposition to the events of the previous match, when the athlete removed his shirt in jubilation on "among the greatest" moments of his life, the world number 22 paid the price for a poor beginning as he lost a dominant first set

But Cobolli initiated a necessary, immediate comeback after going a behind at the start of the following set

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

When play resumed, and with his opponent down break point, the Italian floated over a volley that hit a lucky net tape and put the game to deuce

Even though annoyingly denied four set points on his opponent's serve, the champion wrested control of a must-win tie-break to force the decider - where he once again performed

The Veteran Extends Remarkable Winning Streak

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

The former Wimbledon runner-up used his decisive opportunity for a advantage before confidently closing the opener to zero

Having won 11 of the last 13 points to secure the first set, the player appeared ready to tighten his grip on the contest upon creating two break points in the opening game of the second

Carreno Busta managed to save each before putting together a sequence of solid serving performances - but the Italian took his next opportunity and closed to zero to finish his triumph