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The young Italian star and Matteo Berrettini propelled Italy to Davis Cup glory as the home team defeated Spain to secure a historic third successive title in front of an ecstatic local supporters

48 hours after he narrowly won a marathon lengthy tie-break, Cobolli once again excelled as he battled back from a set and a break down to overcome Jaume Munar in a grueling match

The 23-year-old's determined 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 triumph sealed a 2-0 triumph for his nation in the Italian city after his teammate had won 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player

It is a fourth overall team championship title in total for Italy, who are the initial country to achieve three straight titles since defending champions no longer received automatic qualification to the championship match 53 years ago

Home Crowd Inspires Team Italy Victory

Backed passionately by the vast majority of a sell-out 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 court but paused for a moment to commend his opponent on his performance before returning to the festivities

Key Players Deliver in Missing Stars

Each Italy and the Spanish team reached the final despite being without key players, with the absence of top-ranked players preventing spectators a seventh meeting of 2025 between the world's dominant men's players

But, with Italian second-ranked Lorenzo Musetti too missing, the Italian duo seized their moments in the spotlight with perfect records from three singles matches each this week

Dramatic Recovery Secures Win

The audience chanted Cobolli's moniker as he maintained his calm to close out his comeback triumph 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 "goal" in delivering Italy to the showpiece on home soil

In opposition to the events of Friday night, when the athlete tore off his shirt in jubilation on "one of the best" days of his life, the ranked player paid the price for a slow start as he lost a dominant opening set

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

Cobolli's luck appeared to change after a nine-minute pause in play when a spectator of the crowd became ill

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

Although frustratingly prevented four set points on his opponent's serve, the champion wrested control of a decisive breaker to push the final set - where he once again performed

Berrettini Continues Remarkable Run

Berrettini had previously extended his Davis Cup individual victory run to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent performance against the Spanish opponent

The former Wimbledon runner-up used his decisive opportunity for a 5-3 lead before confidently serving out the opener to zero

Having won 11 of the last 13 points to take the opening set, the player looked set to tighten his grip on the match upon forcing two break points in the opening game of the second

Carreno Busta managed to survive both before putting together a sequence of strong service games - but the Italian took his following chance and served out to love to finish his triumph