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Flavio Cobolli alongside Matteo Berrettini propelled the Italian squad to Davis Cup victory as the home team defeated Spain to claim a record-breaking three-peat title in front of an jubilant local supporters

48 hours following he narrowly won an epic lengthy decider, the Italian talent returned to shone as he battled back from behind in sets to defeat his Spanish opponent in three sets

The young player's gritty comeback victory triumph secured a 2-0 victory for his country in the Italian city after Berrettini had won 6-3 6-4 against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth Davis Cup victory overall for Italy, who are the initial country to win three straight championships since defending champions no longer received automatic qualification to the championship match 53 years ago

Local Supporters Inspires Team Italy Triumph

Backed enthusiastically by the vast majority of a sell-out 10,000-strong audience, the Italian star conquered a slow start to trigger moments of jubilation among the Italian athletes, staff and supporters

Cobolli was surrounded by his teammates on court but took a brief time to commend his opponent on his performance before returning to the celebrations

Key Players Step Up in Missing Stars

Each the Italian squad and Spain made the championship match despite missing star athletes, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner denying fans a seventh meeting of 2025 between the top-ranked tennis stars

But, with Italian number two another key player too absent, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their moments in the spotlight with three wins from all their matches each during the tournament

Thrilling Comeback Secures Victory

The audience shouted the player's moniker as he maintained his calm to close out his recovery victory to love, having achieved the decisive break in the penultimate game of a nail-biting final set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had admitted he had achieved a "goal" in guiding his nation to Sunday's showpiece 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 paid the consequence for a slow start as he conceded a one-sided opening set

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

The Italian's fortunes appeared to shift after a nine-minute pause in play when a member of the crowd became ill

When the match continued, and with Munar facing break point, the Italian floated over a shot that caught a lucky net cord and put the game to deuce

Even though annoyingly prevented multiple opportunities on his rival's serve, Cobolli seized control of a must-win tie-break to force the final set - where he once again delivered

The Veteran Extends Impressive Winning Streak

Berrettini had previously taken his team competition singles victory run to 11 matches with an excellent performance against the Spanish opponent

The former Wimbledon runner-up used his third break point for a advantage before confidently closing the first set to zero

Having won the majority of points to secure the opening set, the player appeared ready to strengthen his grip on the match upon forcing opportunities in the initial game of the following set

His opponent managed to save both before producing a series of strong service games - but the Italian took his next opportunity and closed to love to complete his triumph