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The young Italian star alongside his compatriot led the Italian squad to Davis Cup glory as the home team beat Spain to claim a record-breaking three-peat championship in front of an overjoyed local supporters

Two days following he narrowly won an epic 32-point decider, Cobolli once again shone as he recovered from a set and a break down to defeat Jaume Munar in three sets

The 23-year-old's gritty comeback victory triumph secured a straight sets win for his nation in the Italian city after his teammate had won 6-3 6-4 against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth overall Davis Cup title overall for Italy, who are the initial country to achieve three straight championships since title holders no longer received automatic qualification to the championship match 53 years ago

Local Supporters Fuels Italian Triumph

Supported enthusiastically by the overwhelming number of a sell-out capacity audience, the Italian star overcame a poor beginning to spark scenes of jubilation among the team players, staff and supporters

Cobolli was surrounded by his team-mates on court but took a moment to commend Munar on his performance before returning to the celebrations

Star Performers Deliver in Absence

Each the Italian squad and Spain made the championship match even with missing star athletes, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing spectators a seventh matchup of the season between the top-ranked tennis stars

But, with Italian second-ranked another key player also missing, the Italian duo owned their opportunities in the limelight with perfect records from three singles matches apiece this week

Thrilling Comeback Secures Win

The audience shouted Cobolli's moniker as he maintained his calm to serve out his recovery triumph to love, having achieved the decisive break in the 11th game of a tense deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had stated he had achieved a "goal" in delivering his nation to Sunday's showpiece on domestic ground

In opposition to the scenes of Friday night, when Cobolli removed his jersey in jubilation on "one of the best" days of his career, the ranked player faced the consequence for a poor beginning as he conceded a dominant opening set

But Cobolli initiated a essential, swift response after falling a break down at the start of the second

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

When the match resumed, and with his opponent facing a critical moment, the player floated over a shot that hit a lucky net tape and put the game to deuce

Although annoyingly 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 Extends Impressive Winning Streak

The Italian star had previously extended his team competition singles winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent performance against the Spanish opponent

The Grand Slam finalist converted his third break point for a 5-3 lead before assuredly closing the opener to love

Having won the majority of points to secure the first set, the player appeared ready to strengthen his hold on the contest upon forcing opportunities in the opening game of the following set

His opponent managed to survive each before putting together a series of solid serving performances - but Berrettini seized his following chance and served out to zero to finish his triumph