The Italian team Secures Historic Third Consecutive Davis Cup Title

Flavio Cobolli alongside Matteo Berrettini led Italy to Davis Cup victory as the home team defeated the Spanish team to claim a historic third consecutive championship in front of an overjoyed home crowd

48 hours after he edged an epic 32-point tie-break, Cobolli returned to excelled as he recovered from behind in sets to overcome his Spanish opponent in a grueling match

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

It is a fourth Davis Cup title overall for the Italian team, who are the initial country to achieve three straight championships since defending champions no longer received automatic qualification to the final over five decades back

Local Supporters Inspires Team Italy Victory

Backed enthusiastically by the overwhelming number of a packed 10,000-strong audience, the Italian star overcame a poor beginning to spark scenes of jubilation among the team players, coaches and supporters

Cobolli was mobbed by his team-mates on court but took a brief time to praise his opponent on his efforts before rejoining the festivities

Key Players Deliver in Missing Stars

Each the Italian squad and Spain made the championship match even with being without star athletes, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing fans a seventh meeting of the season between the top-ranked men's players

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

Thrilling Recovery Seals Victory

The crowd shouted the player's name as he kept his composure to serve out his comeback victory to zero, having achieved the decisive break in the 11th game of a tense final set

That was no mean feat, given he had stated he had achieved a "dream" in guiding his nation to Sunday's showpiece on domestic ground

In contrast to the scenes of Friday night, when the athlete tore off his jersey in celebration on "among the greatest" days of his life, the world number 22 paid the price for a poor beginning as he conceded a dominant opening set

But Cobolli launched a necessary, swift comeback after falling a break down at the start of the second

Cobolli's fortunes seemed to change after a brief pause in play when a spectator of the crowd became ill

When the match resumed, and with his opponent down break point, the Italian lobbed over a shot that hit a fortunate net cord and brought the set to deuce

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

Berrettini Extends Impressive Winning Streak

Berrettini had previously extended his Davis Cup individual victory run to 11 matches with an excellent performance against Carreno Busta

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

Having won the majority of points to secure the opening set, the player appeared ready to tighten his grip on the match upon forcing two break points in the opening game of the second

His opponent succeeded to survive both before producing a series of solid service games - but Berrettini took his following chance and closed to love to finish his triumph