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Flavio Cobolli and Matteo Berrettini led Italy to Davis Cup glory as the hosts overcame the Spanish team to secure a historic three-peat title in front of an jubilant local supporters

48 hours after he narrowly won a marathon lengthy tie-break, the Italian talent once again excelled as he fought back from behind in sets to beat Jaume Munar in three sets

The 23-year-old's gritty 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 triumph secured a straight sets win for his nation in the Italian city after his teammate had won in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth Davis Cup victory overall for the Italian team, who are the first nation to achieve three consecutive titles since defending champions no longer received direct entry to the final over five decades back

Local Supporters Inspires Italian Victory

Supported enthusiastically by the vast majority of a packed capacity crowd, the Italian star overcame a poor beginning to spark scenes of jubilation among the Italian athletes, staff and supporters

Cobolli was surrounded by his teammates on court but paused for a brief time to commend his opponent on his efforts before rejoining the festivities

Star Performers Step Up in Missing Stars

Both the Italian squad and the Spanish team reached the final despite being without star athletes, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner denying spectators a seventh meeting of the season between the world's dominant men's players

But, with Italian number two Lorenzo Musetti too missing, Cobolli and Berrettini seized their opportunities in the spotlight with three wins from all their matches apiece during the tournament

Dramatic Recovery Seals Victory

The audience shouted Cobolli's name as he maintained his composure to serve out his recovery triumph to zero, having forced the breakthrough in the penultimate game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was no mean feat, given he had stated he had achieved a "dream" in delivering Italy to Sunday's showpiece on home soil

In contrast to the events of the previous match, when the athlete removed his shirt in celebration on "one of the best" days of his life, the world number 22 faced the consequence for a poor beginning as he lost a dominant first set

But Cobolli launched a essential, swift comeback after going a break down at the start of the following set

Cobolli's luck appeared to change after a brief pause in play when a spectator of the crowd became unwell

When the match continued, and with Munar down a critical moment, the player floated over a volley that hit a lucky net cord and put the game back on level terms

Even though annoyingly prevented multiple opportunities on his rival's serve, Cobolli wrested command of a must-win tie-break to push the decider - where he once again delivered

The Veteran Extends Impressive Winning Streak

The Italian star had earlier taken his team competition individual winning streak to 11 matches with an superb display against Carreno Busta

The Grand Slam finalist converted his third break point for a advantage before confidently closing the opener to zero

Having won 11 of the last 13 points to secure the opening set, Berrettini looked set to strengthen his grip on the match upon forcing opportunities in the initial game of the following set

Carreno Busta succeeded to survive each before producing a sequence of solid service games - but the Italian seized his following chance and served out to love to complete his triumph