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Flavio Cobolli and Matteo Berrettini led the Italian squad to team tennis glory as the home team beat the Spanish team to capture a historic third consecutive title in front of an jubilant local supporters

Two days after he narrowly won an epic 32-point decider, the Italian talent returned to excelled as he fought back from a set and a break down to defeat Jaume Munar in a grueling match

The 23-year-old's determined 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 success secured a 2-0 win for his country in Bologna after his teammate had prevailed 6-3 6-4 against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth Davis Cup victory in total for Italy, who are the initial country to win three straight championships since defending champions no longer received automatic qualification to the championship match over five decades back

Home Crowd Inspires Team Italy Victory

Supported passionately by the overwhelming number of a sell-out capacity crowd, Cobolli overcame a slow start to spark scenes of celebration among the Italian players, staff and supporters

Cobolli was mobbed by his teammates on court but paused for a moment to praise his opponent on his efforts before returning to the celebrations

Star Performers Step Up in Absence

Each Italy and Spain reached the championship match despite missing star athletes, with the non-participation of top-ranked players preventing spectators a seventh matchup of 2025 between the world's dominant men's players

But, with Italian number two Lorenzo Musetti also missing, the Italian duo owned their moments in the spotlight with three wins from three singles matches each this week

Thrilling Recovery Seals Win

The audience chanted the player's name as he kept his composure to close out his comeback triumph to zero, having achieved the decisive break in the 11th game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had stated he had achieved a "goal" in delivering Italy to the final on home soil

In contrast to the scenes of the previous match, when the athlete tore off his jersey in jubilation on "among the greatest" moments of his life, the world number 22 faced the consequence for a slow start as he lost a dominant first set

But the determined player launched a essential, swift comeback after falling a behind at the beginning of the second

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

When play continued, and with Munar down break point, the player lobbed over a volley that caught a fortunate net cord and put the set to deuce

Although frustratingly denied multiple opportunities on his rival's service game, the champion seized command of a must-win tie-break to push the decider - where he yet again performed

Berrettini Extends Impressive Run

The Italian star had previously taken his Davis Cup singles victory run to eleven consecutive wins with an superb performance against Carreno Busta

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

Having taken the majority of points to take the opening set, Berrettini looked set to strengthen his grip on the match upon creating two break points in the opening game of the second

Carreno Busta managed to save both before putting together a sequence of strong service games - but the Italian took his following chance and served out to love to complete his triumph