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Flavio Cobolli alongside his compatriot led Italy to team tennis success as the home team beat Spain to capture a record-breaking third successive championship in front of an overjoyed local supporters

48 hours following he edged a marathon lengthy decider, Cobolli returned to excelled as he fought back from a set and a break down to beat his Spanish opponent in three sets

The 23-year-old's gritty 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 triumph clinched a 2-0 victory for his country in Bologna after his teammate had triumphed 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player

It is a fourth overall Davis Cup victory overall for the Italian team, who are the initial country to achieve three consecutive championships since title holders no longer received automatic qualification to the final 53 years ago

Home Crowd Inspires Italian Victory

Supported enthusiastically by the vast majority of a packed capacity crowd, the Italian star overcame a poor beginning to trigger scenes of celebration among the team players, coaches and fans

The champion was surrounded by his teammates on court but took a moment to commend Munar on his efforts before rejoining the festivities

Key Players Deliver in Missing Stars

Both the Italian squad and Spain reached the championship match despite being without star athletes, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing fans a seventh matchup of 2025 between the top-ranked men's players

But, with national second-ranked Lorenzo Musetti also missing, the Italian duo owned their opportunities in the limelight with three wins from all their matches each this week

Dramatic Recovery Seals Win

The audience chanted the player's moniker as he maintained his composure to serve out his recovery triumph to love, having achieved the breakthrough in the 11th game of a tense deciding set

That was no mean feat, given he had stated he had achieved a "dream" in guiding Italy to the showpiece on domestic ground

In opposition to the scenes of Friday night, when the athlete removed his jersey in jubilation on "one of the best" days of his career, the ranked player faced the price for a poor beginning as he lost a dominant opening set

But the determined player initiated a essential, immediate comeback after falling a behind at the start of the second

Cobolli's fortunes appeared to shift after a nine-minute stop in the match when a spectator of the audience became ill

When play resumed, and with Munar down break point, the player lobbed over a shot that hit a lucky net cord and put the game to deuce

Even though annoyingly prevented multiple opportunities on his opponent's service game, the champion wrested control of a must-win breaker to push the decider - where he once again performed

Berrettini Continues Remarkable Run

Berrettini had previously taken his Davis Cup individual victory run to 11 matches with an excellent performance against Carreno Busta

The former Wimbledon runner-up converted his decisive opportunity for a 5-3 lead before confidently serving out the first set to love

Having taken 11 of the last 13 points to secure the first set, the player looked set to tighten his grip on the match upon forcing opportunities in the opening game of the second

Carreno Busta managed to save each before putting together a sequence of solid serving performances - but Berrettini took his next opportunity and closed to zero to finish his triumph