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Flavio Cobolli and his compatriot guided Italy to team tennis glory as the home team beat the Spanish team to claim a historic three-peat title in front of an jubilant local supporters

48 hours after he edged a marathon 32-point decider, the Italian talent returned to excelled as he fought back from behind in sets to overcome Jaume Munar in a grueling match

The young player's tenacious comeback victory triumph clinched a straight sets victory for his nation in the Italian city after Berrettini had won in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

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

Local Supporters Inspires Team Italy Victory

Supported passionately by the overwhelming number of a packed capacity crowd, Cobolli overcame a poor beginning to spark scenes of jubilation among the team athletes, coaches and fans

The champion was surrounded by his team-mates on the playing surface but took a brief time to praise Munar on his performance before returning to the festivities

Star Performers Step Up in Missing Stars

Both Italy and the Spanish team made the championship match despite being without star athletes, with the non-participation of top-ranked players denying fans a seventh matchup of 2025 between the world's dominant men's players

But, with national number two Lorenzo Musetti also missing, Cobolli and Berrettini seized their opportunities in the limelight with perfect records from three singles matches each during the tournament

Thrilling Comeback Seals Win

The audience chanted the player's name as he kept his calm to serve out his recovery victory to love, having achieved the breakthrough in the penultimate game of a nail-biting final set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had admitted he had realized a "dream" in guiding Italy to the final on home soil

In opposition to the events of the previous match, when Cobolli removed his jersey in celebration on "among the greatest" days of his life, the world number 22 paid the consequence for a slow start as he conceded a one-sided opening set

But the determined player launched a necessary, swift comeback after going a behind at the beginning of the second

Cobolli's fortunes seemed to shift after a brief stop in the match when a member of the crowd became ill

When play continued, and with his opponent down a critical moment, the Italian floated over a volley that hit a lucky net tape and put the game to deuce

Even though annoyingly prevented multiple opportunities on his rival's service game, the champion seized command of a decisive tie-break to push the final set - where he yet again delivered

The Veteran Extends Impressive Winning Streak

Berrettini had earlier extended his team competition individual victory run to eleven consecutive wins with an superb display against the Spanish opponent

The Grand Slam finalist converted his decisive opportunity for a 5-3 lead before assuredly closing the first set to love

Having won 11 of the last 13 points to take the opening set, Berrettini looked set to tighten his grip on the match upon forcing opportunities in the initial game of the following set

Carreno Busta managed to save each before putting together a series of solid service games - but Berrettini took his following chance and closed to love to finish his triumph