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The young Italian star alongside his compatriot propelled Italy to Davis Cup success as the hosts beat the Spanish team to claim a record-breaking three-peat championship in front of an overjoyed local supporters

Two days after he edged an epic lengthy tie-break, the Italian talent returned to excelled as he fought back from a set and a break down to overcome Jaume Munar in three sets

The young player's gritty 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 win clinched a 2-0 triumph for his country in the Italian city after his teammate had prevailed 6-3 6-4 against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth Davis Cup title overall for the Italian team, who are the first nation to achieve three straight championships since defending champions stopped receiving automatic qualification to the final over five decades back

Home Crowd Fuels Italian Triumph

Backed enthusiastically by the overwhelming number of a sell-out capacity crowd, Cobolli overcame a poor beginning to trigger moments of jubilation among the team athletes, coaches and fans

The champion was mobbed by his teammates on court but took a moment to commend Munar on his efforts before returning to the celebrations

Star Performers Step Up in Absence

Each Italy and Spain made the championship match even with missing star athletes, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing fans a seventh meeting of 2025 between the top-ranked men's players

But, with Italian number two Lorenzo Musetti also absent, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their opportunities in the spotlight with three wins from three singles matches apiece this week

Dramatic Recovery Secures Win

The audience chanted the player's name as he maintained his composure to close out his recovery triumph to love, having achieved the decisive break in the 11th game of a nail-biting final set

That was no mean feat, given he had stated he had realized a "goal" in delivering his nation to the showpiece on domestic ground

In opposition to the scenes of the previous match, when the athlete tore off his jersey in jubilation on "one of the best" days of his career, the world number 22 paid the consequence for a slow start as he lost a dominant opening set

But the determined player launched a necessary, swift response after falling a break down at the start of the second

The Italian's fortunes appeared to shift after a nine-minute stop in the match when a member of the crowd became ill

When the match continued, and with his opponent down break point, the Italian floated over a shot that hit a fortunate net cord and put the set back on level terms

Even though frustratingly prevented multiple opportunities on his opponent's serve, the champion wrested control of a decisive tie-break to force the decider - where he once again performed

The Veteran Extends Impressive Run

The Italian star had previously extended his team competition singles victory run to 11 matches with an excellent performance against the Spanish opponent

The Grand Slam finalist used his decisive opportunity for a 5-3 lead before confidently serving out the opener to love

Having won the majority of points to secure the first set, the player looked set to tighten his grip on the match upon creating two break points in the initial game of the following set

Carreno Busta managed to save each before producing a sequence of solid serving performances - but the Italian took his next opportunity and served out to love to complete his victory