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The young Italian star and Matteo Berrettini led Italy to Davis Cup victory as the hosts beat the Spanish team to secure a historic third successive title in front of an jubilant local supporters

48 hours after he edged a marathon 32-point tie-break, the Italian talent once again shone as he fought back from a set and a break down to overcome Jaume Munar in a grueling match

The young player's tenacious 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 success sealed a 2-0 victory for his nation 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 the Italian team, who are the first nation to win three straight championships since defending champions no longer received direct entry to the championship match 53 years ago

Home Crowd Fuels Team Italy Triumph

Supported passionately by the vast majority of a sell-out 10,000-strong crowd, Cobolli conquered a poor beginning to trigger scenes of jubilation among the Italian athletes, staff and fans

Cobolli was mobbed by his team-mates on the playing surface but paused for a moment to commend his opponent on his efforts before returning to the celebrations

Star Performers Step Up in Missing Stars

Each Italy and the Spanish team reached the championship match even with missing key players, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner 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 owned their moments in the limelight with three wins from three singles matches each this week

Dramatic Recovery Seals Win

The audience chanted the player's moniker as he maintained his calm to serve out his recovery triumph to zero, having forced the decisive break in the penultimate game of a tense deciding set

That was no mean feat, given he had admitted he had achieved a "dream" in delivering Italy to Sunday's showpiece on domestic ground

In contrast to the scenes of Friday night, when Cobolli removed his jersey in celebration on "one of the best" days of his life, the ranked player faced the price for a poor beginning as he conceded a dominant opening set

But the determined player initiated a necessary, immediate response after going a break down at the beginning of the following set

Cobolli's luck seemed to change after a brief stop in the match when a spectator of the crowd became unwell

When play resumed, and with Munar facing break point, the Italian floated over a shot that caught a fortunate net cord and brought the set back on level terms

Although annoyingly prevented multiple opportunities on his opponent's serve, Cobolli wrested control of a decisive breaker to push the final set - where he once again performed

The Veteran Extends Impressive Winning Streak

The Italian star had previously extended his team competition individual victory run to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent performance against the Spanish opponent

The Grand Slam finalist converted his third break point for a 5-3 lead before confidently serving out the opener to zero

Having won the majority of points to secure the opening set, the player appeared ready to strengthen his hold on the contest upon creating two break points in the opening game of the following set

His opponent managed to save each before putting together a sequence of solid service games - but Berrettini took his following chance and closed to zero to complete his triumph