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Flavio Cobolli and Matteo Berrettini propelled Italy to Davis Cup victory as the hosts overcame the Spanish team to secure a historic third consecutive championship in front of an overjoyed home crowd

48 hours after he narrowly won a marathon 32-point decider, the Italian talent once again shone as he fought back from behind in sets to beat his Spanish opponent in a grueling match

The young player's determined 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 success clinched a 2-0 triumph for his country in the Italian city after his teammate had won 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player

It is a fourth Davis Cup title in total for the Italian team, who are the initial country to achieve three straight titles since title holders stopped receiving direct entry to the championship match 53 years ago

Home Crowd Inspires Italian Victory

Backed passionately by the overwhelming number of a packed capacity audience, the Italian star overcame a poor beginning to trigger scenes of jubilation among the team athletes, staff and supporters

The champion was mobbed by his team-mates on the playing surface but took a brief time to commend Munar on his efforts before returning to the celebrations

Star Performers Deliver in Absence

Both Italy and Spain made the final despite missing star athletes, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner denying fans a seventh matchup of 2025 between the world's dominant tennis stars

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

Dramatic Recovery Secures Victory

The audience chanted the player's name as he maintained his composure to close out his comeback victory to love, having achieved the breakthrough in the 11th game of a tense deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had stated he had realized a "goal" in guiding Italy to Sunday's final on domestic ground

In opposition to the events of Friday night, when Cobolli tore off his jersey in celebration on "one of the best" days of his career, the world number 22 paid the consequence 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 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 facing a critical moment, the Italian floated over a volley that hit a fortunate net tape and brought the game back on level terms

Although annoyingly prevented four set points on his rival's service game, Cobolli wrested control of a decisive tie-break to force the final set - where he once again delivered

The Veteran Extends Impressive Winning Streak

Berrettini had previously taken his Davis Cup 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 zero

Having won 11 of the last 13 points to secure the first set, the player appeared ready to tighten his grip on the contest upon creating two break points in the initial game of the following set

His opponent managed to survive both before producing a sequence of strong serving performances - but Berrettini took his following chance and served out to zero to complete his victory