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The young Italian star and Matteo Berrettini led Italy to team tennis victory as the hosts overcame Spain to secure a record-breaking three-peat championship in front of an ecstatic home crowd

Two days after he narrowly won an epic 32-point decider, the Italian talent once again shone as he recovered from a set and a break down to beat his Spanish opponent in a grueling match

The young player's gritty 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 win sealed a straight sets triumph for his country in the Italian city after Berrettini had triumphed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth team championship title overall for the Italian team, who are the initial country to achieve three straight championships since defending champions stopped receiving direct entry to the final 53 years ago

Local Supporters Inspires Team Italy Triumph

Supported enthusiastically by the vast majority of a packed 10,000-strong audience, Cobolli conquered a poor beginning to spark scenes of celebration among the team players, coaches and supporters

The champion was surrounded by his team-mates on the playing surface but paused for a brief time to commend his opponent on his efforts before returning to the festivities

Star Performers Deliver in Missing Stars

Each Italy and the Spanish team made the final despite being without star athletes, with the non-participation of top-ranked players preventing fans a seventh meeting of 2025 between the world's dominant men's players

But, with national second-ranked another key player also absent, the Italian duo owned their opportunities in the limelight with three wins from all their matches each this week

Thrilling Recovery Secures Victory

The crowd shouted Cobolli's moniker as he maintained his composure to close out his comeback victory to love, having forced the breakthrough in the 11th game of a tense deciding set

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

In contrast to the scenes of Friday night, when the athlete tore off his jersey in celebration on "among the greatest" moments of his life, the world number 22 faced the price for a poor beginning as he conceded a one-sided opening set

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

The Italian's fortunes appeared to shift after a nine-minute pause in play when a member of the crowd became ill

When play continued, and with Munar facing a critical moment, the Italian lobbed over a volley that caught a lucky net tape and put the game to deuce

Although frustratingly prevented multiple opportunities on his rival's serve, Cobolli wrested command of a decisive tie-break to push the decider - where he yet again delivered

The Veteran Continues Remarkable Run

Berrettini had earlier extended his team competition individual victory run to 11 matches with an superb display against the Spanish opponent

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

Having taken 11 of the last 13 points to secure the first set, Berrettini looked set to tighten his hold on the match upon creating opportunities in the opening game of the following set

His opponent succeeded to survive each before putting together a sequence of solid service games - but the Italian seized his next opportunity and served out to love to finish his triumph