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Flavio Cobolli and his compatriot propelled Italy to team tennis victory as the home team overcame Spain to secure a historic third consecutive championship in front of an ecstatic local supporters

Two days following he edged an epic lengthy decider, Cobolli once again starred as he recovered from behind in sets to defeat his Spanish opponent in three sets

The young player's gritty comeback victory triumph clinched a 2-0 victory for his nation in Bologna after his teammate had prevailed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

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

Local Supporters Fuels Team Italy Triumph

Backed passionately by the overwhelming number of a packed 10,000-strong audience, Cobolli conquered a poor beginning to spark scenes of jubilation among the team athletes, staff and supporters

Cobolli was surrounded by his teammates on court but took a brief time to commend Munar on his performance before returning to the celebrations

Key Players Step Up in Missing Stars

Each Italy and Spain reached the final even with missing key players, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing spectators a seventh matchup of the season between the top-ranked tennis stars

But, with national second-ranked Lorenzo Musetti also missing, the Italian duo seized their moments in the spotlight with three wins from three singles matches apiece this week

Dramatic Recovery Secures Win

The audience chanted Cobolli's moniker as he kept his composure to serve out his comeback victory to love, having achieved the decisive break in the penultimate game of a nail-biting final set

That was no mean feat, given he had admitted he had realized a "dream" in delivering Italy to the showpiece on domestic ground

In opposition to the events of Friday night, when the athlete tore off his jersey in jubilation on "one of the best" moments of his career, the world number 22 paid the consequence for a slow start as he lost a one-sided opening set

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

Cobolli's luck appeared to change after a brief pause in play when a member of the audience became ill

When the match continued, and with his opponent down break point, the player lobbed over a shot that hit a fortunate net tape and put the game back on level terms

Although frustratingly prevented multiple opportunities on his opponent's service game, the champion seized command of a decisive breaker to force the final set - where he yet again delivered

Berrettini Extends Impressive Winning Streak

Berrettini had earlier extended his team competition singles winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an superb performance against the Spanish opponent

The Grand Slam finalist used his third break point for a 5-3 lead before assuredly serving out the opener to zero

Having won the majority of points to secure the opening set, Berrettini looked set to strengthen his grip on the contest upon forcing opportunities in the initial game of the following set

Carreno Busta succeeded to survive each before producing a sequence of solid serving performances - but Berrettini seized his next opportunity and served out to love to finish his victory