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Flavio Cobolli and Matteo Berrettini led the Italian squad to team tennis victory as the home team beat Spain to secure a historic three-peat title in front of an jubilant local supporters

48 hours following he narrowly won a marathon lengthy decider, the Italian talent once again shone as he fought back from a set and a break down to defeat his Spanish opponent in a grueling match

The young player's gritty 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 triumph secured a 2-0 victory for his country in Bologna after his teammate had prevailed in straight sets against the Spanish player

It is a fourth overall Davis Cup victory in total for Italy, who are the initial country to achieve three straight titles since defending champions no longer received direct entry to the championship match 53 years ago

Local Supporters Fuels Italian Victory

Supported passionately by the overwhelming number of a sell-out 10,000-strong audience, the Italian star overcame a poor beginning to trigger moments of celebration among the Italian players, coaches and fans

The champion was surrounded by his teammates on court but paused for a brief time to praise his opponent on his efforts before rejoining the celebrations

Star Performers Step Up in Absence

Both Italy and Spain reached the final even with missing star athletes, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing fans a seventh meeting of 2025 between the world's dominant tennis stars

But, with national second-ranked Lorenzo Musetti also missing, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their moments in the limelight with three wins from three singles matches each this week

Dramatic Comeback Secures Win

The crowd shouted the player's name as he maintained his calm to close out his recovery 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 "dream" in guiding Italy to Sunday's showpiece on domestic ground

In contrast to the events of Friday night, when Cobolli removed his shirt in celebration on "among the greatest" days of his career, the world number 22 paid the consequence for a poor beginning as he conceded a one-sided opening set

But the determined player initiated a necessary, immediate response after going a break down at the start of the second

The Italian's luck seemed to shift after a brief stop in play when a spectator of the audience became ill

When the match resumed, and with his opponent facing break point, the player floated over a volley that caught a lucky net cord and put the set to deuce

Even though annoyingly prevented multiple opportunities on his opponent's serve, Cobolli seized control of a must-win breaker to push the final set - where he yet again performed

The Veteran Continues Impressive Winning Streak

The Italian star had earlier taken his team competition singles victory run to 11 matches with an excellent performance against Carreno Busta

The former Wimbledon runner-up converted his decisive opportunity for a advantage before assuredly serving out the first set to zero

Having taken 11 of the last 13 points to take the opening set, Berrettini appeared ready to tighten his hold on the contest upon creating two break points in the opening game of the second

His opponent managed to survive each before producing a sequence of strong service games - but the Italian took his next opportunity and served out to love to finish his victory