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The young Italian star alongside his compatriot propelled Italy to team tennis victory as the hosts beat the Spanish team to secure a record-breaking three-peat championship in front of an ecstatic local supporters

Two days after he narrowly won an epic lengthy tie-break, the Italian talent returned to excelled as he recovered from a set and a break down to defeat Jaume Munar in three sets

The young player's tenacious comeback victory success sealed a straight sets victory for his nation in Bologna after his teammate had won 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player

It is a fourth overall team championship victory in total for Italy, who are the initial country to win three straight championships since title holders stopped receiving automatic qualification to the championship match 53 years ago

Home Crowd Inspires Italian Victory

Supported passionately by the vast majority of a packed 10,000-strong audience, Cobolli conquered a poor beginning to spark scenes of jubilation among the team players, staff and fans

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

Star Performers Step Up in Missing Stars

Both Italy and the Spanish team reached the final even with being without key players, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing spectators a seventh matchup of the season between the top-ranked tennis stars

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

Thrilling Comeback Seals Victory

The audience chanted Cobolli's moniker as he kept his calm to serve out his comeback triumph to love, having achieved the decisive break in the penultimate game of a tense deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had admitted he had achieved a "dream" in guiding his nation to the final on domestic ground

In contrast to the scenes of Friday night, when Cobolli tore off his shirt in celebration on "one of the best" days of his life, the ranked player faced the price for a poor beginning as he conceded a dominant first set

But Cobolli initiated a essential, swift response after falling a break down at the beginning of the second

The Italian's luck appeared to shift after a brief stop in the match when a spectator of the crowd became unwell

When play continued, and with his opponent down a critical moment, the player floated over a volley that hit a fortunate net tape and brought the set back on level terms

Although annoyingly denied four set points on his opponent's service game, the champion seized command of a must-win breaker to push the final set - where he yet again delivered

Berrettini Extends Impressive Winning Streak

The Italian star had earlier taken his Davis Cup individual winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent display against the Spanish opponent

The Grand Slam finalist converted his decisive opportunity for a 5-3 lead before confidently serving out the opener to zero

Having taken the majority of points to take the opening set, the player appeared ready to strengthen his hold on the match upon forcing two break points in the initial game of the following set

Carreno Busta managed to survive each before putting together a series of strong service games - but Berrettini took his following chance and closed to love to complete his victory