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The young Italian star and his compatriot led Italy to Davis Cup glory as the home team beat the Spanish team to secure a historic third consecutive championship in front of an ecstatic home crowd

48 hours after he narrowly won a marathon 32-point decider, Cobolli once again starred as he fought back from behind in sets to beat his Spanish opponent in a grueling match

The 23-year-old's gritty comeback victory win clinched a 2-0 win for his nation in the Italian city after Berrettini had prevailed 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player

It is a fourth team championship title overall for the Italian team, who are the first nation to win three consecutive titles since defending champions stopped receiving direct entry to the championship match over five decades back

Home Crowd Inspires Italian Triumph

Supported passionately by the vast majority of a sell-out capacity audience, Cobolli overcame a slow start to spark scenes of celebration among the team athletes, staff and fans

The champion 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

Key Players Step Up in Absence

Each Italy and Spain reached the final despite being without star athletes, with the absence of top-ranked players preventing spectators a seventh matchup of 2025 between the world's dominant men's players

But, with Italian number two another key player also missing, the Italian duo seized their opportunities in the limelight with perfect records from all their matches apiece this week

Dramatic Comeback Secures Win

The audience shouted the player's moniker as he kept his composure to close out his comeback triumph to love, having forced the breakthrough in the 11th game of a tense final set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had stated he had realized a "dream" in guiding Italy to Sunday's final on domestic ground

In contrast to the scenes of Friday night, when Cobolli tore off his shirt in jubilation on "one of the best" moments of his career, the world number 22 faced the consequence for a slow start as he lost a one-sided opening set

But Cobolli launched a essential, immediate comeback after going a behind at the start of the second

Cobolli's luck appeared to change after a brief stop in the match when a spectator of the audience became ill

When play resumed, and with Munar facing a critical moment, the Italian lobbed over a volley that hit a lucky net tape and brought the game back on level terms

Although annoyingly denied four set points on his rival's service game, Cobolli wrested command of a decisive breaker to push the final set - where he yet again performed

The Veteran Extends Impressive Run

The Italian star had earlier extended his Davis Cup individual winning streak to 11 matches with an superb display against Carreno Busta

The Grand Slam finalist used his third break point for a advantage before assuredly closing the opener to zero

Having won 11 of the last 13 points to take the first set, the player appeared ready to strengthen his hold on the match upon creating opportunities in the opening game of the following set

His opponent succeeded to survive each before putting together a series of solid service games - but the Italian took his following chance and served out to zero to finish his victory