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Flavio Cobolli alongside his compatriot propelled the Italian squad to team tennis success as the home team beat the Spanish team to claim a historic third consecutive title in front of an jubilant local supporters

Two days after he edged an epic lengthy decider, Cobolli returned to excelled as he battled back from a set and a break down to overcome his Spanish opponent in three sets

The 23-year-old's determined 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 success clinched a 2-0 triumph for his country in the Italian city after his teammate had triumphed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth overall Davis Cup title in total for Italy, who are the initial country to win three consecutive titles since title holders stopped receiving direct entry to the championship match 53 years ago

Home Crowd Fuels Team Italy Victory

Backed passionately by the vast majority of a packed 10,000-strong crowd, Cobolli conquered a slow start to trigger moments of jubilation among the Italian athletes, staff and fans

Cobolli was surrounded by his team-mates on the playing surface but paused for a brief time to commend his opponent on his performance before rejoining the celebrations

Star Performers Step Up in Absence

Each the Italian squad and the Spanish team made the final even with missing star athletes, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing spectators a seventh matchup of the season between the top-ranked men's players

But, with national second-ranked another key player also missing, the Italian duo seized their moments in the limelight with perfect records from all their matches each this week

Dramatic Comeback Seals Victory

The audience chanted Cobolli's moniker as he maintained his calm to close out his recovery triumph to zero, having forced the breakthrough in the penultimate game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was no mean feat, given he had stated he had achieved a "dream" in delivering his nation to Sunday's final on domestic ground

In contrast to the scenes of Friday night, when the athlete tore off his shirt in celebration on "one of the best" days of his life, the world number 22 faced the price for a slow start as he conceded a dominant first set

But Cobolli launched a essential, immediate response after falling a behind at the beginning of the second

The Italian's fortunes seemed to shift after a brief stop in the match when a spectator of the audience became ill

When the match resumed, and with Munar facing break point, the Italian lobbed over a volley that caught a lucky net tape and brought the game to deuce

Even though annoyingly denied four set points on his rival's service game, the champion seized command of a must-win tie-break to push the decider - where he yet again delivered

Berrettini Extends Impressive Winning Streak

Berrettini had previously extended his team competition individual winning streak to 11 matches with an excellent display against the Spanish opponent

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

Having taken 11 of the last 13 points to secure the opening set, Berrettini appeared ready to tighten his grip on the contest upon forcing opportunities in the opening game of the second

Carreno Busta managed to survive both before putting together a sequence of solid service games - but Berrettini seized his following chance and closed to love to complete his victory