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The young Italian star alongside his compatriot led the Italian squad to team tennis victory as the home team defeated Spain to secure a record-breaking third consecutive title in front of an ecstatic home crowd

48 hours following he narrowly won an epic 32-point decider, Cobolli returned to excelled as he battled back from a set and a break down to beat his Spanish opponent in a grueling match

The young player's tenacious comeback victory success clinched a 2-0 triumph for his nation in the Italian city after Berrettini had prevailed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth overall Davis Cup victory overall for the Italian team, who are the initial country to win three straight championships since defending champions stopped receiving direct entry to the championship match over five decades back

Local Supporters Fuels Team Italy Triumph

Supported passionately by the overwhelming number of a packed capacity audience, Cobolli overcame a slow start to trigger scenes of jubilation among the team athletes, coaches and supporters

Cobolli was mobbed by his teammates on the playing surface but paused for a moment to commend his opponent on his performance before rejoining the festivities

Star Performers Deliver in Missing Stars

Both Italy and Spain made the final despite missing key players, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner denying fans a seventh matchup of 2025 between the world's dominant men's players

But, with national number two Lorenzo Musetti too absent, Cobolli and Berrettini seized their moments in the limelight with perfect records from all their matches apiece this week

Thrilling Recovery Seals Victory

The audience shouted Cobolli's moniker as he maintained his calm to close out his comeback triumph to zero, having achieved the decisive break in the 11th game of a tense final set

That was no mean feat, given he had stated he had realized a "goal" in delivering his nation to the showpiece on home soil

In contrast to the events of Friday night, when Cobolli removed his shirt in celebration on "one of the best" moments of his life, the world number 22 faced the consequence for a poor beginning as he conceded a one-sided first set

But Cobolli launched a essential, swift response after falling a behind at the beginning of the following set

The Italian's luck appeared to shift after a nine-minute pause in the match when a spectator of the crowd became ill

When play resumed, and with Munar down break point, the Italian floated over a shot that caught a fortunate net tape and brought the game to deuce

Even though frustratingly prevented multiple opportunities on his rival's serve, the champion seized control of a decisive breaker to force the final set - where he yet again performed

Berrettini Continues Remarkable Winning Streak

Berrettini had previously extended his team competition singles victory run to 11 matches with an superb display against the Spanish opponent

The Grand Slam finalist converted his third break point for a advantage before confidently closing the opener to love

Having taken 11 of the last 13 points to take the opening set, the player looked set to strengthen his hold on the contest upon creating two break points in the initial game of the second

His opponent succeeded to save both before producing a sequence of solid serving performances - but the Italian seized his following chance and closed to love to complete his triumph