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Flavio Cobolli alongside his compatriot guided Italy to Davis Cup glory as the hosts beat the Spanish team to capture a historic three-peat title in front of an jubilant home crowd

48 hours after he narrowly won an epic lengthy tie-break, Cobolli once again excelled as he battled back from behind in sets to beat Jaume Munar in a grueling match

The 23-year-old's tenacious 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 triumph sealed a straight sets triumph for his country in the Italian city after Berrettini had triumphed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth overall team championship victory in total for the Italian team, who are the first nation to win three consecutive titles since defending champions no longer received direct entry to the final over five decades back

Local Supporters Inspires Italian Triumph

Supported passionately by the vast majority of a sell-out 10,000-strong crowd, Cobolli overcame a poor beginning to trigger moments of jubilation among the Italian athletes, coaches and fans

The champion was mobbed by his teammates on the playing surface but took a brief time to praise Munar on his efforts before rejoining the festivities

Star Performers Step Up in Absence

Each the Italian squad and Spain reached the championship match even with missing star athletes, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing spectators a seventh matchup of 2025 between the top-ranked tennis stars

But, with Italian number two another key player too missing, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their opportunities in the spotlight with perfect records from all their matches each during the tournament

Dramatic Comeback Secures Win

The audience chanted Cobolli's name as he kept his calm to close out his comeback victory to love, having achieved the decisive break in the penultimate game of a tense final set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had admitted he had realized a "dream" in delivering his nation to the showpiece on domestic ground

In opposition to the scenes of the previous match, when Cobolli removed his jersey in jubilation on "among the greatest" moments of his life, the world number 22 paid the consequence for a poor beginning as he conceded a dominant first set

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

Cobolli's luck appeared to change after a nine-minute stop in play when a member of the crowd became ill

When the match continued, and with Munar down a critical moment, the player lobbed over a volley that caught a fortunate net cord and put the game back on level terms

Even though annoyingly denied multiple opportunities on his opponent's service game, the champion wrested command of a must-win tie-break to force the final set - where he yet again delivered

Berrettini Extends Remarkable Run

The Italian star had earlier extended his team competition singles winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent display against the Spanish opponent

The former Wimbledon runner-up converted his third break point for a 5-3 lead before assuredly closing the first set to love

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

His opponent succeeded to save each before putting together a sequence of strong serving performances - but the Italian took his following chance and closed to zero to complete his victory