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Flavio Cobolli and Matteo Berrettini guided Italy to Davis Cup success as the hosts overcame the Spanish team to capture a record-breaking third successive championship in front of an jubilant home crowd

48 hours following he narrowly won an epic 32-point tie-break, Cobolli returned to shone as he battled back from behind in sets to overcome Jaume Munar in three sets

The 23-year-old's determined 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 success clinched a 2-0 victory for his country in the Italian city after Berrettini had triumphed 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player

It is a fourth overall team championship title overall for Italy, who are the initial country to achieve three straight championships since defending champions stopped receiving automatic qualification to the championship match 53 years ago

Home Crowd Fuels Italian Victory

Backed passionately by the vast majority of a sell-out capacity crowd, Cobolli overcame a poor beginning to spark scenes of celebration among the Italian athletes, staff and fans

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

Key Players Step Up in Missing Stars

Each Italy and Spain reached the championship match despite being without star athletes, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner denying spectators a seventh matchup of 2025 between the top-ranked men's players

But, with Italian second-ranked Lorenzo Musetti too absent, the Italian duo seized their moments in the spotlight with perfect records from three singles matches each this week

Thrilling Recovery Secures Victory

The crowd shouted Cobolli's name as he maintained his composure to close out his comeback triumph to love, having forced the decisive break in the penultimate game of a nail-biting final set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had stated he had realized a "goal" in guiding Italy to the showpiece on home soil

In contrast to the scenes of Friday night, when Cobolli tore off his jersey in jubilation on "among the greatest" days of his life, the world number 22 paid the consequence for a slow start as he lost a one-sided opening set

But the determined player launched a essential, immediate response after falling a break down at the beginning of the second

Cobolli's fortunes seemed to shift after a brief stop in play when a member of the audience became ill

When the match resumed, and with Munar facing break point, the Italian floated over a volley that caught a lucky net tape and put the set back on level terms

Even though frustratingly prevented multiple opportunities on his opponent's serve, Cobolli seized control of a must-win breaker to force the decider - where he once again delivered

Berrettini Continues Impressive Winning Streak

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

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

Having taken the majority of points to take the first set, Berrettini looked set to tighten his grip on the match upon creating two break points in the initial game of the second

His opponent succeeded to save each before putting together a sequence of strong serving performances - but Berrettini seized his following chance and served out to love to complete his triumph