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The young Italian star alongside Matteo Berrettini propelled the Italian squad to team tennis success as the home team beat Spain to secure a record-breaking third successive championship in front of an overjoyed home crowd

48 hours after he narrowly won a marathon lengthy tie-break, Cobolli once again excelled as he battled back from a set and a break down to overcome his Spanish opponent in three sets

The young player's gritty comeback victory win secured a 2-0 victory for his country in the Italian city after Berrettini had triumphed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth Davis Cup title in total for the Italian team, who are the initial country to achieve three straight titles since defending champions stopped receiving automatic qualification to the final over five decades back

Local Supporters Fuels Italian Victory

Backed passionately by the overwhelming number of a sell-out capacity audience, the Italian star conquered a slow start to trigger moments of jubilation among the Italian players, coaches and supporters

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

Star Performers Step Up in Absence

Each Italy and the Spanish team reached the championship match despite missing key players, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing spectators a seventh meeting of the season between the top-ranked men's players

But, with national second-ranked Lorenzo Musetti too missing, Cobolli and Berrettini seized their opportunities in the limelight with perfect records from three singles matches each during the tournament

Dramatic Recovery Secures Victory

The crowd shouted the player's name as he maintained his composure to close out his comeback victory to zero, having achieved the breakthrough in the 11th game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had admitted he had achieved a "goal" in delivering his nation to Sunday's final on home soil

In contrast to the scenes of the previous match, when the athlete removed his shirt in jubilation on "one of the best" days of his life, the world number 22 paid the consequence for a slow start as he lost a dominant first set

But Cobolli initiated a necessary, swift comeback after going a behind at the start of the following set

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

When play resumed, and with Munar facing a critical moment, the Italian floated over a volley that hit a fortunate net tape and brought the game to deuce

Although frustratingly denied multiple opportunities on his rival's serve, Cobolli wrested control of a decisive breaker to force the final set - where he once again delivered

Berrettini Extends Remarkable Run

The Italian star had earlier taken his team competition singles victory run to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent performance against Carreno Busta

The Grand Slam finalist used his third break point for a 5-3 lead before assuredly closing the first set to zero

Having won 11 of the last 13 points to take the opening set, Berrettini looked set to strengthen his hold on the match upon creating opportunities in the initial game of the following set

Carreno Busta succeeded to survive each before putting together a sequence of solid service games - but Berrettini seized his next opportunity and served out to love to complete his victory