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The young Italian star alongside Matteo Berrettini propelled Italy to team tennis glory as the home team defeated the Spanish team to secure a historic third successive championship in front of an overjoyed local supporters

48 hours following he narrowly won an epic lengthy tie-break, Cobolli returned to excelled as he recovered from behind in sets to defeat his Spanish opponent in three sets

The young player's tenacious 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 triumph secured a straight sets win for his nation in the Italian city after Berrettini had prevailed 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player

It is a fourth team championship title in total for Italy, who are the initial country to achieve three consecutive championships since title holders stopped receiving direct entry to the championship match over five decades back

Home Crowd Fuels Team Italy Triumph

Supported passionately by the vast majority of a packed 10,000-strong audience, Cobolli conquered a slow start to trigger moments of jubilation among the team players, coaches and supporters

The champion was mobbed by his team-mates on court but took a brief time to commend Munar on his efforts before rejoining the festivities

Key Players Step Up in Absence

Each the Italian squad and Spain made the final even with missing key players, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing fans a seventh meeting of the season between the world's dominant tennis stars

But, with Italian number two Lorenzo Musetti too missing, the Italian duo owned their moments in the limelight with three wins from three singles matches each this week

Thrilling Comeback Secures Victory

The crowd shouted Cobolli's name as he maintained his composure to close out his comeback victory to love, having achieved the breakthrough in the penultimate game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had admitted he had realized a "dream" in delivering Italy to Sunday's final on home soil

In opposition to the scenes of the previous match, when the athlete removed his jersey in jubilation on "one of the best" days of his career, the world number 22 paid the consequence for a poor beginning as he lost a dominant first set

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

Cobolli's fortunes seemed to change after a nine-minute stop in play when a spectator of the crowd became ill

When the match resumed, and with Munar facing a critical moment, the player lobbed over a shot that hit a fortunate net tape and put the set back on level terms

Although annoyingly prevented multiple opportunities on his opponent's service game, Cobolli wrested control of a decisive breaker to force the decider - where he yet again delivered

Berrettini Extends Impressive Run

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

The Grand Slam finalist converted his third break point for a advantage before assuredly serving out the opener to zero

Having won the majority of points to take the first set, the player appeared ready to tighten his grip on the match upon creating opportunities in the opening game of the second

His opponent managed to save each before putting together a series of solid serving performances - but the Italian took his next opportunity and closed to love to complete his victory