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Flavio Cobolli and Matteo Berrettini propelled the Italian squad to team tennis glory as the home team defeated Spain to claim a historic third successive championship in front of an ecstatic local supporters

48 hours after he narrowly won a marathon 32-point decider, the Italian talent returned to starred as he battled back from a set and a break down to defeat his Spanish opponent in a grueling match

The 23-year-old's tenacious comeback victory triumph secured a straight sets triumph for his country in the Italian city after his teammate had prevailed 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player

It is a fourth overall Davis Cup title overall for Italy, who are the initial country to win three consecutive titles since defending champions stopped receiving automatic qualification to the final 53 years ago

Local Supporters Fuels Team Italy Victory

Supported enthusiastically by the vast majority of a packed capacity crowd, Cobolli conquered a slow start to trigger moments of celebration among the Italian players, staff and fans

Cobolli was mobbed by his team-mates on the playing surface but took a brief time to commend Munar on his performance before returning to the festivities

Star Performers Deliver in Absence

Both the Italian squad and Spain made the championship match despite being without key players, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing fans a seventh meeting of 2025 between the top-ranked tennis stars

But, with Italian second-ranked Lorenzo Musetti also missing, Cobolli and Berrettini seized their moments in the spotlight with perfect records from three singles matches each this week

Dramatic Recovery Seals Win

The audience shouted the player's moniker as he maintained his composure to serve out his comeback triumph to love, having forced the decisive break in the 11th game of a tense final set

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

In contrast to the scenes of Friday night, when Cobolli tore off his shirt in jubilation on "one of the best" moments of his life, the ranked player faced the consequence for a poor beginning as he lost a dominant opening set

But Cobolli launched a essential, swift response after falling a behind at the start of the second

The Italian's fortunes appeared to change after a brief pause in the match when a member of the crowd became unwell

When play continued, and with his opponent facing break point, the Italian lobbed over a shot that caught a lucky net cord and put the set back on level terms

Even though annoyingly denied multiple opportunities on his opponent's service game, the champion wrested control of a decisive tie-break to push the final set - where he once again delivered

Berrettini Extends Remarkable Winning Streak

Berrettini had previously taken his team competition individual winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent display against the Spanish opponent

The Grand Slam finalist converted his decisive opportunity for a 5-3 lead before assuredly closing the first set to zero

Having won the majority of points to take the first set, the player looked set to strengthen his grip on the contest upon forcing two break points in the initial game of the second

His opponent succeeded to survive both before putting together a series of solid service games - but the Italian took his next opportunity and closed to love to complete his victory