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The young Italian star and Matteo Berrettini guided Italy to Davis Cup glory as the hosts overcame Spain to capture a historic three-peat championship in front of an overjoyed local supporters

Two days following he edged an epic 32-point tie-break, Cobolli once again shone as he recovered from a set and a break down to overcome his Spanish opponent in a grueling match

The young player's tenacious comeback victory win secured a straight sets win for his country in Bologna after his teammate had prevailed 6-3 6-4 against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth Davis Cup title in total for the Italian team, who are the first nation to win three straight titles since title holders stopped receiving direct entry to the championship match 53 years ago

Local Supporters Inspires Italian Victory

Backed enthusiastically by the vast majority of a packed capacity audience, Cobolli overcame a poor beginning to spark scenes of jubilation among the team players, staff and supporters

Cobolli was surrounded by his teammates on the playing surface but paused for a moment to commend his opponent on his efforts before rejoining the festivities

Star Performers Step Up in Missing Stars

Each Italy and Spain made the championship match even with being without star athletes, with the non-participation of top-ranked players denying fans a seventh meeting of 2025 between the top-ranked tennis stars

But, with national second-ranked another key player also absent, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their moments in the limelight with three wins from three singles matches each during the tournament

Dramatic Comeback Seals Victory

The audience chanted the player's moniker as he maintained his composure to serve out his recovery victory to love, having forced the decisive break in the 11th game of a nail-biting final set

That was no mean feat, given he had admitted he had realized a "dream" in guiding his nation to Sunday's showpiece on home soil

In opposition to the events of Friday night, when Cobolli tore off his shirt in celebration on "among the greatest" days of his life, the world number 22 faced the price for a slow start as he conceded a one-sided opening set

But the determined player launched a necessary, immediate comeback after going a break down at the beginning of the second

Cobolli's fortunes seemed to change after a nine-minute pause in the match when a member of the crowd became ill

When play continued, and with his opponent down break point, the Italian floated over a volley that caught a lucky net tape and put the set to deuce

Although frustratingly denied multiple opportunities on his opponent's service game, the champion wrested control of a decisive breaker to push the decider - where he yet again delivered

Berrettini Continues Remarkable Winning Streak

The Italian star had earlier taken his team competition individual victory run to eleven consecutive wins with an superb display against the Spanish opponent

The Grand Slam finalist used his decisive opportunity for a advantage before assuredly closing the opener to zero

Having won the majority of points to secure the first set, Berrettini appeared ready to strengthen his grip on the match upon forcing two break points in the initial game of the second

Carreno Busta managed to save both before producing a sequence of strong serving performances - but the Italian took his following chance and served out to love to complete his triumph