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The young Italian star alongside Matteo Berrettini led Italy to team tennis success as the home team overcame Spain to claim a historic three-peat championship in front of an overjoyed home crowd

48 hours after he narrowly won an epic 32-point tie-break, Cobolli returned to starred as he battled back from behind in sets to overcome Jaume Munar in a grueling match

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

It is a fourth overall team championship victory overall for the Italian team, who are the initial country to win three straight championships since title holders stopped receiving direct entry to the final over five decades back

Home Crowd Inspires Italian Victory

Backed enthusiastically by the vast majority of a sell-out capacity crowd, Cobolli conquered a slow start to spark moments of celebration among the team players, coaches and supporters

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

Key Players Step Up in Absence

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

But, with national second-ranked Lorenzo Musetti too absent, the Italian duo owned their opportunities in the limelight with three wins from three singles matches apiece this week

Dramatic Recovery Seals Win

The audience shouted the player's moniker as he maintained his composure to close out his comeback victory to love, having achieved the breakthrough in the penultimate game of a nail-biting final set

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

In contrast to the scenes of the previous match, when Cobolli tore off his shirt in jubilation on "among the greatest" moments of his life, the ranked player faced the consequence for a poor beginning as he lost a one-sided first set

But the determined player launched a necessary, swift comeback after going a behind at the beginning of the second

Cobolli's luck seemed to shift after a brief pause in the match when a spectator of the audience became unwell

When play continued, and with Munar down break point, the Italian lobbed over a volley that caught a fortunate net cord and put the set back on level terms

Although annoyingly denied four set points on his rival's serve, the champion seized command of a must-win tie-break to force the decider - where he once again performed

The Veteran Continues Remarkable Winning Streak

The Italian star had previously extended his Davis Cup singles winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an superb performance against Carreno Busta

The Grand Slam finalist converted his third break point for a advantage before confidently serving out the first set to love

Having taken 11 of the last 13 points to take the opening set, Berrettini appeared ready to tighten his hold on the match upon forcing two break points in the initial game of the following set

Carreno Busta managed to save each before producing a sequence of solid service games - but the Italian seized his next opportunity and closed to love to complete his victory