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The young Italian star and Matteo Berrettini guided Italy to Davis Cup victory as the home team defeated the Spanish team to claim a record-breaking three-peat championship in front of an jubilant local supporters

48 hours following he edged an epic lengthy decider, Cobolli once again excelled as he battled back from a set and a break down to beat Jaume Munar in a grueling match

The 23-year-old's gritty 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 win sealed a 2-0 triumph for his country in the Italian city after Berrettini had won in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth Davis Cup title in total for the Italian team, who are the initial country to achieve three consecutive titles since title holders no longer received direct entry to the final 53 years ago

Home Crowd Fuels Italian Victory

Supported enthusiastically by the overwhelming number of a sell-out 10,000-strong crowd, the Italian star conquered a slow start to trigger moments of celebration among the team players, staff and fans

The champion was surrounded by his team-mates on the playing surface but took a moment to praise his opponent on his efforts before returning to the celebrations

Star Performers Step Up in Absence

Both the Italian squad and Spain reached the championship match even with being without key players, with the non-participation of top-ranked players denying fans a seventh meeting of 2025 between the world's dominant men's players

But, with Italian second-ranked another key player too absent, Cobolli and Berrettini seized their moments in the spotlight with three wins from three singles matches apiece during the tournament

Dramatic Recovery Seals Win

The crowd chanted Cobolli's moniker as he kept his calm to close out his recovery 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 guiding Italy to Sunday's final on domestic ground

In contrast to the events of Friday night, when the athlete tore off 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 dominant opening set

But Cobolli launched a necessary, immediate response after going a behind at the start of the following set

Cobolli's fortunes seemed to shift after a brief pause in play when a spectator of the crowd became ill

When play resumed, and with Munar down a critical moment, the Italian lobbed over a volley that caught a fortunate net cord and brought the set to deuce

Although frustratingly prevented multiple opportunities on his opponent's serve, Cobolli wrested command of a decisive tie-break to push the decider - where he once again performed

The Veteran Continues Impressive Run

Berrettini had previously extended his team competition singles winning streak to 11 matches with an superb display against Carreno Busta

The former Wimbledon runner-up converted his third break point for a advantage before assuredly serving out the first set to zero

Having taken 11 of the last 13 points to take the first set, Berrettini looked set to tighten his hold on the contest upon creating opportunities in the opening game of the second

His opponent managed to save both before producing a series of solid serving performances - but the Italian took his following chance and served out to zero to complete his victory