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Flavio Cobolli alongside his compatriot propelled Italy to Davis Cup glory as the home team beat the Spanish team to claim a historic third successive championship in front of an jubilant local supporters

48 hours after he narrowly won an epic 32-point tie-break, the Italian talent returned to shone as he recovered from behind in sets to defeat Jaume Munar in a grueling match

The 23-year-old's tenacious comeback victory success clinched a 2-0 win for his nation in the Italian city after Berrettini had triumphed 6-3 6-4 against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth overall team championship title in total for the Italian team, who are the initial country to win three straight championships since defending champions no longer received direct entry to the final 53 years ago

Local Supporters Inspires Team Italy Triumph

Backed enthusiastically by the vast majority of a packed 10,000-strong audience, Cobolli overcame a slow start to spark moments of jubilation among the Italian players, staff and fans

Cobolli was mobbed by his team-mates on the playing surface but paused for a moment to praise Munar on his efforts before rejoining the celebrations

Key Players Deliver in Missing Stars

Both the Italian squad and Spain reached the championship match despite being without star athletes, with the absence of top-ranked players preventing fans a seventh matchup of the season between the world's dominant men's players

But, with national second-ranked another key player also absent, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their opportunities in the spotlight with perfect records from three singles matches apiece this week

Dramatic Comeback Secures Win

The audience shouted Cobolli's name as he kept 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 no mean feat, given he had stated he had achieved a "goal" in guiding Italy to Sunday's showpiece on domestic ground

In contrast to the events of Friday night, when the athlete tore off his shirt in celebration on "one of the best" moments of his career, the ranked player faced the price for a poor beginning as he lost a one-sided first set

But the determined player initiated a essential, immediate comeback after falling a behind at the beginning of the following set

Cobolli's luck seemed to change after a nine-minute pause in play when a member of the audience became unwell

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

Even though frustratingly prevented four set points on his rival's serve, Cobolli wrested control of a must-win breaker to push the final set - where he once again performed

Berrettini Extends Remarkable Winning Streak

The Italian star had previously extended his team competition individual victory run to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent display against Carreno Busta

The Grand Slam finalist converted his third break point for a advantage before assuredly serving out the opener to love

Having won 11 of the last 13 points to take the opening set, Berrettini appeared ready to tighten his grip on the contest upon forcing two break points in the opening game of the following set

His opponent managed to survive both before producing a series of solid service games - but Berrettini took his following chance and closed to love to finish his triumph