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The young Italian star and Matteo Berrettini led the Italian squad to Davis Cup victory as the home team overcame Spain to secure a record-breaking third consecutive title in front of an overjoyed home crowd

48 hours after he narrowly won an epic lengthy decider, the Italian talent returned to excelled as he battled back from behind in sets to defeat Jaume Munar in three sets

The young player's gritty 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 win sealed a straight sets win for his nation in the Italian city after his teammate had won in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth Davis Cup title in total for the Italian team, who are the initial country to win three consecutive titles since defending champions no longer received direct entry to the final 53 years ago

Local Supporters Fuels Italian Victory

Backed passionately by the overwhelming number of a sell-out 10,000-strong crowd, Cobolli conquered a poor beginning to trigger scenes of celebration among the Italian athletes, coaches and supporters

The champion was surrounded by his team-mates on court but paused for a brief time to praise Munar on his performance before returning to the festivities

Star Performers Deliver in Missing Stars

Each the Italian squad and Spain made the final despite missing star athletes, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing fans a seventh matchup of 2025 between the world's dominant tennis stars

But, with national number two Lorenzo Musetti also absent, the Italian duo owned their opportunities in the limelight with perfect records from all their matches apiece during the tournament

Thrilling Comeback Seals Win

The crowd chanted Cobolli's name as he kept his composure to close out his comeback triumph to love, having forced the decisive break in the 11th game of a nail-biting final set

That was no mean feat, given he had stated he had achieved a "goal" in delivering his nation to the final on domestic ground

In opposition to the scenes of the previous match, when the athlete removed his jersey in celebration on "among the greatest" days of his life, the ranked player faced the consequence for a poor beginning as he lost a dominant first set

But Cobolli launched a essential, swift response after going a break down at the start of the second

The Italian's luck seemed to change after a nine-minute pause in the match when a member of the crowd became unwell

When play continued, and with Munar facing a critical moment, the player floated over a volley that hit a lucky net cord and put the game to deuce

Although annoyingly denied multiple opportunities on his opponent's service game, the champion wrested command of a decisive tie-break to push the final set - where he once again delivered

The Veteran Continues Impressive Winning Streak

The Italian star had earlier taken his team competition singles winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an superb display against Carreno Busta

The former Wimbledon runner-up used his decisive opportunity for a 5-3 lead before assuredly serving out the opener to zero

Having taken 11 of the last 13 points to take the opening set, the player appeared ready to strengthen his hold on the contest upon creating opportunities in the opening game of the second

Carreno Busta succeeded to save each before putting together a sequence of solid serving performances - but Berrettini seized his next opportunity and served out to love to complete his victory