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The young Italian star and his compatriot guided Italy to Davis Cup glory as the hosts defeated the Spanish team to capture a record-breaking three-peat title in front of an overjoyed local supporters

48 hours following he edged an epic lengthy tie-break, Cobolli returned to shone as he recovered from a set and a break down to overcome Jaume Munar in three sets

The 23-year-old's determined 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 success secured a straight sets win for his nation in Bologna after Berrettini had prevailed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth Davis Cup title in total for Italy, who are the initial country to achieve three straight championships since defending champions stopped receiving automatic qualification to the championship match 53 years ago

Local Supporters Inspires Team Italy Triumph

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

The champion was mobbed by his teammates on the playing surface but took a moment to commend Munar on his performance before rejoining the celebrations

Key Players Step Up in Missing Stars

Both the Italian squad and the Spanish team reached the championship match despite being without star athletes, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner denying fans a seventh meeting of 2025 between the world's dominant men's players

But, with national second-ranked Lorenzo Musetti also absent, Cobolli and Berrettini seized their opportunities in the spotlight with perfect records from all their matches apiece this week

Thrilling Comeback Secures Victory

The crowd chanted the player's name as he kept his composure to serve out his recovery victory to love, having achieved the breakthrough in the penultimate game of a tense final set

That was no mean feat, given he had admitted he had achieved a "goal" in guiding his nation to the final on home soil

In contrast to the scenes of the previous match, when the athlete tore off his shirt in celebration on "among the greatest" days of his career, the world number 22 faced the consequence for a slow start as he conceded a dominant opening set

But the determined player initiated a necessary, swift comeback after falling a break down at the beginning of the second

The Italian's fortunes appeared to change after a brief stop in play when a spectator of the audience became ill

When play resumed, and with his opponent down break point, the player lobbed over a volley that hit a fortunate net cord and put the set to deuce

Although frustratingly prevented four set points on his rival's service game, Cobolli seized control of a must-win tie-break to force the decider - where he yet again delivered

The Veteran Extends Remarkable Run

Berrettini had previously taken his team competition individual winning streak to 11 matches with an superb performance against Carreno Busta

The Grand Slam finalist converted his decisive opportunity for a 5-3 lead before assuredly serving out the opener to zero

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

His opponent managed to save both before producing a series of solid serving performances - but Berrettini took his following chance and closed to love to finish his triumph