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The young Italian star and Matteo Berrettini propelled the Italian squad to team tennis glory as the hosts overcame the Spanish team to secure a record-breaking third consecutive title in front of an jubilant home crowd

Two days following he edged a marathon lengthy tie-break, Cobolli returned to excelled as he recovered from a set and a break down to beat Jaume Munar in a grueling match

The young player's tenacious comeback victory win sealed a 2-0 victory for his nation in the Italian city after Berrettini had triumphed 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player

It is a fourth overall Davis Cup title in total for the Italian team, who are the initial country to achieve three consecutive titles since title holders stopped receiving automatic qualification to the final over five decades back

Local Supporters Inspires Team Italy Victory

Backed passionately by the overwhelming number of a packed 10,000-strong crowd, Cobolli overcame a slow start to trigger moments of jubilation among the Italian players, staff and supporters

Cobolli was surrounded by his team-mates on court but took a brief time to commend his opponent on his efforts before returning to the festivities

Star Performers Deliver in Missing Stars

Both the Italian squad and Spain reached the final even with missing key players, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner denying spectators a seventh meeting of the season between the world's dominant tennis stars

But, with national second-ranked another key player also absent, Cobolli and Berrettini seized their moments in the limelight with three wins from three singles matches apiece this week

Thrilling Recovery Seals Win

The audience shouted Cobolli's moniker as he maintained his calm to serve out his recovery victory to love, having forced the decisive break in the penultimate game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was no mean feat, given he had admitted he had realized a "dream" in guiding his nation to the showpiece on home soil

In opposition to the scenes of the previous match, when Cobolli tore off his jersey in jubilation on "one of the best" days of his life, the world number 22 faced the price for a slow start as he lost a dominant opening set

But the determined player initiated a essential, swift comeback after going a behind at the beginning of the following set

The Italian's luck seemed to shift after a brief pause in the match when a spectator of the crowd became ill

When the match resumed, and with Munar down a critical moment, the Italian floated over a volley that hit a fortunate net cord and brought the game to deuce

Even though annoyingly prevented four set points on his opponent's serve, the champion seized control of a must-win breaker to push the decider - where he once again delivered

Berrettini Extends Impressive Run

Berrettini had previously extended his Davis Cup singles winning streak to 11 matches with an excellent performance against Carreno Busta

The former Wimbledon runner-up converted his decisive opportunity for a advantage before assuredly serving out the first set to zero

Having taken the majority of points to secure the opening set, the player looked set to tighten his grip on the contest upon forcing opportunities in the initial game of the following set

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