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Flavio Cobolli and Matteo Berrettini led the Italian squad to Davis Cup glory as the home team overcame the Spanish team to capture a record-breaking third successive title in front of an overjoyed local supporters

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

The young player's determined comeback victory win secured a straight sets victory 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 overall for the Italian team, who are the initial country to achieve three straight titles since title holders no longer received automatic qualification to the championship match 53 years ago

Local Supporters Inspires Italian Victory

Backed passionately by the overwhelming number of a packed capacity audience, Cobolli conquered a poor beginning to spark scenes of jubilation among the Italian players, coaches and supporters

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

Star Performers Step Up in Absence

Both Italy and the Spanish team made the final even with being without key players, with the absence of top-ranked players denying spectators a seventh matchup of 2025 between the world's dominant tennis stars

But, with Italian second-ranked Lorenzo Musetti too missing, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their opportunities in the spotlight with perfect records from three singles matches each this week

Dramatic Recovery Secures Win

The crowd shouted the player's moniker as he maintained his composure to serve out his recovery triumph to love, having forced 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 "dream" in guiding Italy to the showpiece on home soil

In contrast to the scenes of the previous match, when Cobolli removed his shirt in jubilation on "one of the best" days of his career, the ranked player paid the consequence for a slow start as he lost a dominant first set

But Cobolli initiated a essential, immediate response after going a behind at the beginning of the second

The Italian's luck seemed to shift after a nine-minute pause in the match when a spectator of the crowd became ill

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

Even though annoyingly denied four set points on his rival's service game, Cobolli wrested command of a decisive tie-break to force the final set - where he once again performed

Berrettini Extends Remarkable Winning Streak

Berrettini had previously taken his Davis Cup singles victory run to eleven consecutive wins with an superb performance against the Spanish opponent

The former Wimbledon runner-up used his third break point for a advantage before assuredly serving out the opener to zero

Having taken 11 of the last 13 points to take the opening set, the player looked set to strengthen his hold on the contest upon creating opportunities in the initial game of the second

Carreno Busta managed to save each before putting together a sequence of solid serving performances - but Berrettini took his next opportunity and served out to zero to complete his victory