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The young Italian star alongside his compatriot guided Italy to Davis Cup glory as the hosts defeated the Spanish team to capture a historic third successive championship in front of an ecstatic local supporters

Two days after he edged an epic lengthy decider, the Italian talent once again shone as he recovered from behind in sets to defeat his Spanish opponent in three sets

The 23-year-old's determined comeback victory win clinched a 2-0 victory for his country in the Italian city after his teammate had triumphed 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player

It is a fourth overall Davis Cup victory in total for Italy, who are the first nation to win three consecutive titles since title holders stopped receiving automatic qualification to the championship match over five decades back

Home Crowd Inspires Team Italy Triumph

Backed passionately by the vast majority of a packed capacity audience, Cobolli conquered a slow start to trigger moments of jubilation among the team players, coaches and supporters

Cobolli was mobbed by his teammates on the playing surface but took a moment to commend his opponent on his performance before returning to the celebrations

Key Players Deliver in Absence

Each Italy and Spain made the championship match even with being without star athletes, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing spectators a seventh matchup of 2025 between the world's dominant men's players

But, with Italian second-ranked another key player too missing, Cobolli and Berrettini seized their moments in the limelight with three wins from three singles matches each this week

Dramatic Comeback Seals Victory

The audience shouted the player's moniker as he kept his calm to serve out his recovery triumph to love, having achieved the breakthrough in the 11th game of a tense deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had stated he had achieved a "goal" in guiding Italy to the final on domestic ground

In contrast to the scenes of Friday night, when the athlete removed his jersey in jubilation on "one of the best" moments of his career, the ranked player paid the consequence for a poor beginning as he lost a dominant first set

But the determined player initiated a necessary, immediate response after going a break down at the start of the second

Cobolli's luck seemed to change after a brief stop in play when a member of the crowd became ill

When play continued, and with Munar down break point, the Italian lobbed over a volley that caught a lucky net cord and put the game to deuce

Even though frustratingly prevented multiple opportunities on his opponent's serve, Cobolli seized control of a must-win breaker to push the final set - where he once again delivered

The Veteran Continues Impressive Winning Streak

The Italian star had earlier taken his team competition singles winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent display against the Spanish opponent

The Grand Slam finalist used his third break point for a 5-3 lead before assuredly closing the opener to love

Having taken 11 of the last 13 points to take the first set, the player looked set to strengthen his grip on the match upon forcing opportunities in the initial game of the second

His opponent managed to survive both before producing a series of strong serving performances - but Berrettini took his next opportunity and closed to zero to finish his victory