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The young Italian star and Matteo Berrettini guided the Italian squad to team tennis victory as the home team defeated Spain to capture a record-breaking three-peat title in front of an ecstatic local supporters

48 hours after he narrowly won an epic lengthy decider, the Italian talent once again starred as he fought back from a set and a break down to defeat his Spanish opponent in three sets

The 23-year-old's tenacious comeback victory triumph sealed a straight sets win for his nation in Bologna after Berrettini had triumphed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth team championship victory overall for Italy, who are the initial country to win three consecutive championships since defending champions stopped receiving direct entry to the championship match 53 years ago

Local Supporters Fuels Team Italy Triumph

Supported passionately by the overwhelming number of a sell-out capacity crowd, Cobolli conquered a poor beginning to spark scenes of jubilation among the team athletes, staff and fans

Cobolli was surrounded by his team-mates on the playing surface but paused for a brief time to commend Munar on his efforts before rejoining the celebrations

Key Players Step Up in Absence

Both Italy and Spain reached the final despite missing key players, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing spectators a seventh matchup of the season between the top-ranked tennis stars

But, with national second-ranked Lorenzo Musetti also absent, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their moments in the spotlight with perfect records from three singles matches each during the tournament

Thrilling Comeback Secures Victory

The audience chanted the player's moniker as he kept his calm to close out his comeback victory to zero, having forced the decisive break in the 11th game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was no mean feat, given he had admitted he had achieved a "dream" in delivering his nation to the showpiece on domestic ground

In contrast to the events of the previous match, when Cobolli removed his shirt in jubilation on "among the greatest" moments of his life, the ranked player faced the price for a poor beginning as he conceded a one-sided first set

But the determined player initiated a essential, immediate response after going a break down at the start of the following set

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

When the match continued, and with Munar facing a critical moment, the Italian lobbed over a volley that caught a lucky net cord and put the game to deuce

Even though annoyingly prevented multiple opportunities on his opponent's service game, the champion seized control of a decisive tie-break to push the decider - where he yet again delivered

The Veteran Extends Impressive Winning Streak

Berrettini had earlier extended his Davis Cup singles victory run to eleven consecutive wins with an superb display against the Spanish opponent

The former Wimbledon runner-up converted his third break point for a advantage before assuredly serving out the first set to love

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

His opponent succeeded to survive each before producing a series of strong service games - but the Italian took his following chance and served out to zero to complete his triumph