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Flavio Cobolli and Matteo Berrettini led Italy to Davis Cup glory 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 narrowly won an epic 32-point tie-break, Cobolli returned to excelled as he recovered from a set and a break down to beat Jaume Munar in three sets

The 23-year-old's determined 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 success secured a 2-0 victory for his country in Bologna after Berrettini had prevailed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

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

Home Crowd Fuels Italian Victory

Supported enthusiastically by the overwhelming number of a sell-out capacity audience, the Italian star conquered a poor beginning to trigger scenes of celebration among the team players, coaches and fans

Cobolli was surrounded by his team-mates on court but took a moment to praise Munar on his efforts before rejoining the celebrations

Key Players Deliver in Missing Stars

Each the Italian squad and the Spanish team made the final despite being without key players, with the absence of top-ranked players denying spectators a seventh meeting of 2025 between the world's dominant men's players

But, with Italian number two Lorenzo Musetti also absent, Cobolli and Berrettini seized their moments in the spotlight with perfect records from three singles matches apiece during the tournament

Dramatic Recovery Secures Win

The crowd shouted Cobolli's moniker as he kept his composure to close out his recovery victory to love, having forced the breakthrough in the penultimate game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was no mean feat, given he had admitted he had realized a "goal" in guiding his nation to Sunday's final on domestic ground

In contrast to the scenes of the previous match, when the athlete tore off his jersey in celebration on "one of the best" days of his life, the world number 22 faced the price for a poor beginning as he conceded a dominant opening set

But the determined player launched a necessary, swift comeback after going a break down at the start of the following set

Cobolli's luck seemed to change after a brief pause in play when a member of the audience became ill

When the match resumed, and with Munar down a critical moment, the player floated over a volley that hit a fortunate net cord and put the set to deuce

Even though annoyingly prevented four set points on his rival's serve, the champion seized command of a decisive tie-break to force the decider - where he once again performed

Berrettini Continues Remarkable Winning Streak

The Italian star had earlier extended his team competition singles winning streak to 11 matches with an excellent performance against Carreno Busta

The Grand Slam finalist converted his third break point for a advantage before confidently closing the first set to zero

Having taken 11 of the last 13 points to secure the first set, the player appeared ready to tighten his grip on the contest upon forcing two break points in the initial game of the second

Carreno Busta managed to survive both before producing a series of strong serving performances - but the Italian seized his next opportunity and closed to love to finish his triumph