The Italian player won the sixth-longest deciding set in team tennis history to overcome Belgium's Zizou Bergs on Friday
The young Italian star alongside his compatriot led Italy to Davis Cup glory as the home team beat the Spanish team to secure a historic third consecutive title in front of an overjoyed home crowd
48 hours following he narrowly won an epic 32-point decider, the Italian talent once again shone as he recovered from a set and a break down to overcome his Spanish opponent in a grueling match
The young player's determined comeback victory success secured a straight sets triumph for his nation in the Italian city after his teammate had prevailed 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player
It is a fourth overall Davis Cup title in total for Italy, who are the initial country to achieve three straight titles since title holders stopped receiving automatic qualification to the championship match over five decades back
Supported passionately by the vast majority of a packed capacity audience, Cobolli overcame a slow start to trigger scenes of celebration among the team athletes, staff and supporters
Cobolli was surrounded by his teammates on court but paused for a moment to praise Munar on his efforts before returning to the celebrations
Both the Italian squad and the Spanish team reached the final even with missing star athletes, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner denying spectators a seventh meeting of the season between the world's dominant men's players
But, with national number two Lorenzo Musetti also missing, the Italian duo seized their opportunities in the limelight with three wins from all their matches apiece during the tournament
The audience chanted the player's moniker as he kept his composure to serve out his recovery triumph to zero, having achieved the breakthrough in the penultimate game of a nail-biting final set
That was quite an accomplishment, given he had stated he had achieved a "goal" in delivering Italy to the final on domestic ground
In opposition to the events of Friday night, when Cobolli removed his jersey in jubilation on "among the greatest" moments of his life, the ranked player faced the price for a poor beginning as he conceded a dominant first set
But the determined player launched a essential, swift response after going a break down at the start of the following set
The Italian's fortunes appeared to change after a brief pause in the match when a member of the crowd became ill
When the match continued, and with his opponent facing break point, the player lobbed over a shot that caught a lucky net tape and put the game back on level terms
Although annoyingly prevented multiple opportunities on his rival's service game, Cobolli wrested control of a must-win breaker to force the final set - where he once again delivered
Berrettini had previously taken his Davis Cup individual victory run to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent performance against Carreno Busta
The Grand Slam finalist converted his decisive opportunity for a advantage before confidently serving out the opener to zero
Having taken 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 initial game of the following set
His opponent succeeded to save both before producing a sequence of strong serving performances - but the Italian seized his next opportunity and served out to love to finish his victory
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