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The young Italian star alongside his compatriot propelled Italy to Davis Cup glory as the hosts overcame Spain to secure a historic three-peat title in front of an ecstatic local supporters

Two days following he edged an epic lengthy tie-break, the Italian talent returned to shone as he battled back from behind in sets to defeat Jaume Munar in three sets

The young player's tenacious 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 success secured a 2-0 win for his country in Bologna after Berrettini had prevailed in straight sets against the Spanish player

It is a fourth team championship victory overall for the Italian team, who are the initial country to win three straight titles since defending champions no longer received direct entry to the final 53 years ago

Home Crowd Fuels Italian Triumph

Supported enthusiastically by the vast majority of a sell-out capacity crowd, the Italian star conquered a slow start to trigger moments of jubilation among the team players, coaches and supporters

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

Key Players Step Up in Missing Stars

Each Italy and the Spanish team reached the championship match despite missing key players, with the absence of top-ranked players denying fans a seventh matchup of 2025 between the world's dominant men's players

But, with Italian number two another key player too missing, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their moments in the limelight with three wins from three singles matches apiece during the tournament

Dramatic Comeback Seals Win

The audience chanted the player's moniker as he kept his calm to close out his comeback triumph to love, having achieved the decisive break in the 11th game of a nail-biting final set

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

In opposition to the events of Friday night, when Cobolli tore off his jersey in jubilation on "one of the best" days of his life, the world number 22 paid the consequence for a poor beginning as he lost a dominant opening set

But Cobolli initiated a necessary, swift response after falling a behind at the beginning of the second

The Italian's luck seemed to change after a nine-minute pause in play when a member of the audience became ill

When the match resumed, and with his opponent facing break point, the player lobbed over a shot that caught a fortunate net cord and brought the game to deuce

Even though frustratingly prevented multiple opportunities on his opponent's service game, the champion wrested command of a decisive breaker to force the decider - where he yet again delivered

The Veteran Continues Impressive Run

Berrettini had earlier taken his team competition singles victory run to eleven consecutive wins with an superb display against the Spanish opponent

The former Wimbledon runner-up converted his decisive opportunity for a advantage before confidently serving out the opener to love

Having taken 11 of the last 13 points to secure the first set, Berrettini appeared ready to tighten his hold on the match upon creating two break points in the opening game of the second

His opponent managed to survive each before putting together a sequence of solid serving performances - but the Italian seized his next opportunity and closed to zero to complete his triumph