Italy Wins Record Third Straight Davis Cup Title

The young Italian star alongside Matteo Berrettini led the Italian squad to Davis Cup glory as the home team overcame the Spanish team to capture a historic three-peat title in front of an overjoyed local supporters

Two days following he narrowly won a marathon 32-point decider, the Italian talent returned to shone as he recovered from behind in sets to defeat his Spanish opponent in three sets

The 23-year-old's gritty 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 triumph secured a straight sets win for his country in Bologna after Berrettini had triumphed 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 final 53 years ago

Local Supporters Fuels Italian Victory

Backed passionately by the overwhelming number of a packed 10,000-strong audience, the Italian star conquered a poor beginning to spark moments of celebration among the team athletes, coaches and fans

The champion was surrounded by his teammates on court but took a brief time to praise Munar on his efforts before returning to the celebrations

Star Performers Deliver in Missing Stars

Each Italy and the Spanish team made the championship match despite missing star athletes, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing fans a seventh meeting of the season between the world's dominant tennis stars

But, with national second-ranked Lorenzo Musetti also missing, Cobolli and Berrettini seized their moments in the spotlight with perfect records from all their matches each this week

Dramatic Comeback Secures Win

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

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had admitted he had achieved a "goal" in delivering Italy to Sunday's showpiece on home soil

In opposition to the scenes of the previous match, when the athlete tore off his shirt in jubilation on "one of the best" days of his career, the world number 22 paid the price for a slow start as he lost a one-sided first set

But Cobolli launched a necessary, swift comeback after going a behind at the start of the second

Cobolli's luck seemed to shift after a nine-minute pause in the match when a member of the crowd became unwell

When the match continued, and with Munar down a critical moment, the Italian floated over a shot that hit a fortunate net cord and brought the game back on level terms

Although annoyingly prevented multiple opportunities on his rival's service game, the champion seized control of a decisive tie-break to push the final set - where he yet again delivered

Berrettini Continues Remarkable Run

Berrettini had earlier extended his Davis Cup singles winning streak to 11 matches with an superb display against the Spanish opponent

The former Wimbledon runner-up converted his third break point for a advantage before confidently closing the opener to love

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 following set

His opponent managed to save both before putting together a series of strong service games - but Berrettini seized his following chance and closed to love to finish his victory