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The young Italian star and Matteo Berrettini led the Italian squad to team tennis victory as the home team beat Spain to capture a historic three-peat title in front of an overjoyed local supporters

Two days after he edged a marathon 32-point tie-break, Cobolli once again excelled as he battled back from behind in sets to overcome Jaume Munar in three sets

The 23-year-old's gritty 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 success clinched a 2-0 triumph for his country in Bologna after Berrettini had won 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player

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

Home Crowd Inspires Team Italy Victory

Backed passionately by the vast majority of a packed 10,000-strong crowd, the Italian star overcame a poor beginning to trigger scenes of celebration among the team players, coaches and supporters

The champion was mobbed by his team-mates on the playing surface but took a brief time to commend his opponent on his efforts before returning to the festivities

Key Players Step Up in Missing Stars

Each Italy and Spain made the championship match even with missing key players, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing fans a seventh meeting of the season between the world's dominant tennis stars

But, with national second-ranked another key player too absent, the Italian duo owned their opportunities in the spotlight with three wins from three singles matches each this week

Thrilling Comeback Seals Win

The crowd chanted Cobolli's moniker as he maintained his composure to serve out his recovery victory to zero, having achieved the decisive break in the penultimate game of a tense final set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had stated he had achieved a "dream" in guiding his nation to Sunday's showpiece on home soil

In opposition to the events of Friday night, when the athlete removed his shirt in jubilation on "one of the best" days of his life, the world number 22 faced the price for a poor beginning as he lost a one-sided opening set

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

Cobolli's luck seemed to shift after a brief pause in the match when a member of the crowd became unwell

When the match continued, and with his opponent down break point, the player lobbed over a volley that caught a fortunate net cord and put the set to deuce

Although frustratingly prevented four set points on his opponent's service game, the champion wrested control of a decisive breaker to force the decider - where he once again performed

Berrettini Extends Remarkable Winning Streak

Berrettini had previously taken his Davis Cup individual winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent display against Carreno Busta

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

Having won the majority of 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 following set

Carreno Busta managed to save each before producing a series of solid serving performances - but the Italian took his next opportunity and closed to zero to finish his triumph