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Flavio Cobolli alongside Matteo Berrettini propelled the Italian squad to Davis Cup success as the home team beat the Spanish team to secure a historic three-peat title in front of an overjoyed home crowd

48 hours following he edged a marathon lengthy decider, the Italian talent once again starred as he fought back from a set and a break down to overcome Jaume Munar in three sets

The young player's gritty comeback victory triumph sealed a straight sets triumph for his country in Bologna after his teammate had won in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth team championship title in total for the Italian team, who are the initial country to achieve three straight titles since defending champions no longer received direct entry to the championship match over five decades back

Local Supporters Inspires Italian Victory

Supported passionately by the vast majority of a sell-out 10,000-strong audience, Cobolli overcame a poor beginning to trigger moments of jubilation among the team athletes, staff and fans

The champion was mobbed by his teammates on the playing surface but paused for a brief time to praise Munar on his performance before returning to the celebrations

Key Players Step Up in Missing Stars

Each Italy and Spain reached the championship match even with being without key players, with the absence of top-ranked players denying spectators a seventh meeting of the season between the top-ranked tennis stars

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

Dramatic Comeback Seals Victory

The audience shouted Cobolli's name as he maintained his composure to serve out his comeback victory to zero, having forced the decisive break in the 11th game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had admitted he had realized a "dream" in guiding Italy to the showpiece on domestic ground

In opposition to the events of Friday night, when Cobolli tore off his jersey in celebration on "among the greatest" days of his career, the ranked player faced the price for a poor beginning as he conceded a dominant opening set

But Cobolli initiated a essential, swift comeback after falling a break down at the beginning of the following set

Cobolli's fortunes appeared to shift after a brief stop in play when a member of the audience became ill

When the match continued, and with his opponent down a critical moment, the player lobbed over a volley that caught a lucky net tape and put the game to deuce

Although frustratingly denied multiple opportunities on his rival's service game, Cobolli seized command of a must-win breaker to force the decider - where he yet again delivered

Berrettini Extends Impressive Run

Berrettini had previously extended his team competition individual victory run to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent display against Carreno Busta

The Grand Slam finalist converted his decisive opportunity for a 5-3 lead before assuredly closing the first set to zero

Having won 11 of the last 13 points to secure the first set, the player appeared ready to strengthen his grip on the contest upon creating two break points in the initial game of the following set

His opponent succeeded to save each before putting together a sequence of strong serving performances - but Berrettini took his next opportunity and served out to zero to finish his victory