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The young Italian star alongside his compatriot guided Italy to team tennis victory as the hosts overcame the Spanish team to capture a record-breaking three-peat championship in front of an ecstatic home crowd

Two days after he edged an epic 32-point decider, Cobolli returned to excelled as he battled back from behind in sets to overcome Jaume Munar in a grueling match

The 23-year-old's gritty comeback victory success secured a straight sets win for his nation in the Italian city after his teammate had prevailed in straight sets against the Spanish player

It is a fourth overall Davis Cup title overall for Italy, who are the first nation to win three straight championships since defending champions no longer received automatic qualification to the championship match over five decades back

Home Crowd Fuels Italian Triumph

Supported passionately by the overwhelming number of a sell-out capacity crowd, Cobolli overcame a poor beginning to spark moments of jubilation among the team players, staff and supporters

The champion was surrounded by his teammates on the playing surface but took a moment to praise his opponent on his performance before rejoining the festivities

Star Performers Deliver in Missing Stars

Each the Italian squad and the Spanish team reached the final even with missing key players, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner denying fans a seventh meeting of 2025 between the world's dominant men's players

But, with national number two another key player also missing, the Italian duo owned their opportunities in the limelight with perfect records from all their matches each during the tournament

Thrilling Comeback Secures Victory

The audience shouted the player's name as he maintained his composure to close out his comeback triumph to love, having forced the decisive break in the penultimate game of a nail-biting deciding set

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

In contrast to the events of the previous match, when the athlete removed his shirt in celebration on "among the greatest" days of his life, the world number 22 faced the consequence for a poor beginning as he lost a dominant opening set

But Cobolli initiated a essential, immediate response after going a behind at the start of the second

Cobolli's fortunes seemed to change after a nine-minute stop in the match when a member of the audience became ill

When play continued, and with Munar facing break point, the Italian lobbed over a shot that hit a fortunate net cord and brought the set to deuce

Although annoyingly prevented multiple opportunities on his rival's serve, the champion seized control of a must-win tie-break to push the decider - where he once again performed

The Veteran Extends Impressive Run

Berrettini had previously taken his team competition individual winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent performance against Carreno Busta

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

Having taken the majority of points to take the opening set, Berrettini appeared ready to strengthen his hold on the match upon creating two break points in the initial game of the second

Carreno Busta managed to survive each before producing a series of strong serving performances - but the Italian seized his following chance and closed to zero to finish his triumph