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The young Italian star and his compatriot led Italy to Davis Cup victory as the hosts beat Spain to secure a record-breaking third successive title in front of an overjoyed home crowd

48 hours after he narrowly won an epic lengthy decider, the Italian talent returned to excelled as he battled back from behind in sets to beat Jaume Munar in a grueling match

The 23-year-old's determined comeback victory win clinched a 2-0 win for his nation in Bologna after his teammate had triumphed 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player

It is a fourth Davis Cup title in total for Italy, who are the initial country to achieve three straight championships since title holders stopped receiving automatic qualification to the championship match over five decades back

Home Crowd Inspires Team Italy Victory

Backed enthusiastically by the vast majority of a packed capacity audience, the Italian star overcame a poor beginning to trigger moments of jubilation among the team players, staff and fans

Cobolli was mobbed by his teammates on court but paused for a moment to commend his opponent on his performance before returning to the celebrations

Star Performers Deliver in Absence

Each Italy and Spain reached the final despite missing key players, with the absence of top-ranked players denying fans a seventh matchup of 2025 between the top-ranked men's players

But, with national number two Lorenzo Musetti also missing, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their opportunities in the spotlight with perfect records from three singles matches apiece this week

Thrilling Comeback Seals Win

The audience chanted the player's name as he maintained his composure to close out his recovery victory to love, having forced the breakthrough in the penultimate game of a tense deciding set

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

In opposition to the scenes of the previous match, when Cobolli removed his jersey in celebration on "one of the best" moments of his career, the ranked player faced the price for a slow start as he lost a one-sided opening set

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

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

When play continued, and with his opponent down a critical moment, the player lobbed over a volley that hit a fortunate net tape and brought the game back on level terms

Even though annoyingly prevented four set points on his opponent's serve, the champion wrested control of a must-win tie-break to push the decider - where he yet again delivered

The Veteran Continues Impressive Run

Berrettini had earlier extended his Davis Cup singles winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent display against Carreno Busta

The former Wimbledon runner-up used his third break point for a 5-3 lead before assuredly closing the opener to zero

Having taken the majority of points to take the first set, the player appeared ready to tighten his grip on the match upon forcing opportunities in the initial game of the following set

His opponent succeeded to save each before putting together a series of strong service games - but Berrettini took his following chance and served out to zero to finish his victory