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Flavio Cobolli and his compatriot propelled the Italian squad to team tennis glory as the home team overcame Spain to capture a historic third successive title in front of an jubilant local supporters

48 hours following he narrowly won a marathon 32-point tie-break, the Italian talent returned to excelled as he battled back from behind in sets to defeat his Spanish opponent in three sets

The 23-year-old's determined comeback victory win sealed a straight sets triumph for his nation in the Italian city after his teammate had prevailed 6-3 6-4 against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth overall team championship title in total for the Italian team, who are the first nation to win three consecutive championships since title holders no longer received direct entry to the championship match over five decades back

Home Crowd Inspires Team Italy Victory

Supported enthusiastically by the overwhelming number of a sell-out 10,000-strong audience, Cobolli overcame a poor beginning to spark moments of jubilation among the team athletes, staff and supporters

Cobolli was surrounded by his teammates on the playing surface but paused for a brief time to commend Munar on his performance before returning to the festivities

Key Players Deliver in Missing Stars

Each the Italian squad and Spain reached the championship match despite missing star athletes, with the absence of top-ranked players preventing fans a seventh meeting of 2025 between the world's dominant men's players

But, with national second-ranked another key player too missing, the Italian duo owned their moments in the spotlight with perfect records from three singles matches apiece during the tournament

Dramatic Recovery Seals Win

The crowd shouted Cobolli's moniker as he maintained his calm to close 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 realized a "goal" in delivering Italy to Sunday's final 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 career, the world number 22 paid the price for a poor beginning as he conceded a one-sided opening set

But Cobolli launched a essential, immediate comeback after falling a break down at the start of the following set

Cobolli's luck seemed to shift after a nine-minute pause in play when a member of the crowd became ill

When the match continued, and with his opponent down break point, the player lobbed over a volley that hit a fortunate net cord and brought the game to deuce

Even though frustratingly denied four set points on his opponent's serve, Cobolli wrested command of a must-win breaker to push the decider - where he once again delivered

The Veteran Extends Remarkable Run

Berrettini had previously extended his Davis Cup individual winning streak to 11 matches with an excellent performance against the Spanish opponent

The Grand Slam finalist used his third break point for a 5-3 lead before confidently serving out the opener to zero

Having taken the majority of points to secure the first set, the player looked set to strengthen his grip on the contest upon forcing opportunities in the opening game of the following set

Carreno Busta succeeded to save each before producing a series of solid serving performances - but Berrettini took his following chance and served out to zero to complete his triumph