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The young Italian star and his compatriot guided the Italian squad to Davis Cup glory as the home team beat the Spanish team to claim a record-breaking third successive title in front of an jubilant local supporters

Two days after he edged an epic 32-point 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 23-year-old's tenacious 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 triumph sealed a 2-0 victory for his country in the Italian city after his teammate had won in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth Davis Cup victory in total for the Italian team, who are the initial country to achieve three straight championships since defending champions stopped receiving automatic qualification to the championship match over five decades back

Local Supporters Fuels Team Italy Triumph

Supported passionately by the overwhelming number of a packed capacity crowd, the Italian star conquered a poor beginning to trigger scenes of celebration among the team players, staff and supporters

Cobolli was mobbed by his teammates on court but paused for a moment to praise his opponent on his efforts before returning to the festivities

Star Performers Step Up in Missing Stars

Each the Italian squad and Spain reached the championship match even with missing star athletes, with the non-participation of top-ranked players preventing fans a seventh meeting of 2025 between the world's dominant tennis stars

But, with Italian number two another key player also missing, Cobolli and Berrettini seized their opportunities in the spotlight with perfect records from three singles matches apiece during the tournament

Thrilling Comeback Secures Win

The audience shouted the player's name as he maintained his calm to serve out his comeback victory to love, having achieved the breakthrough in the penultimate game of a tense deciding set

That was no mean feat, given he had admitted he had realized a "dream" in delivering his nation to the final on domestic ground

In contrast to the scenes of Friday night, when the athlete removed his shirt in jubilation on "one of the best" days of his life, the world number 22 faced the consequence for a poor beginning as he lost a one-sided first set

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

Cobolli's fortunes seemed to shift after a nine-minute pause in play when a spectator of the audience became ill

When the match resumed, and with Munar down break point, the player lobbed over a shot that hit a lucky net tape and brought the game to deuce

Even though annoyingly prevented four set points on his rival's service game, Cobolli seized command of a must-win tie-break to push the final set - where he once again delivered

Berrettini Continues Impressive Run

The Italian star had earlier extended his team competition individual victory run to 11 matches with an superb display 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 the majority of points to take the first set, the player appeared ready to tighten his hold on the contest upon forcing two break points in the initial game of the second

Carreno Busta succeeded to survive each before producing a series of strong serving performances - but the Italian seized his next opportunity and closed to love to finish his triumph