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Flavio Cobolli alongside Matteo Berrettini guided Italy to team tennis success as the home team beat Spain to capture a historic third consecutive championship in front of an overjoyed home crowd

Two days following he narrowly won an epic lengthy decider, Cobolli returned to excelled as he battled back from a set and a break down to defeat Jaume Munar in three sets

The 23-year-old's determined 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 triumph clinched a straight sets victory for his country in the Italian city after Berrettini had prevailed 6-3 6-4 against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth team championship victory overall for Italy, who are the first nation to win three straight championships since defending champions no longer received direct entry to the championship match 53 years ago

Home Crowd Fuels Italian Triumph

Backed passionately by the vast majority of a packed 10,000-strong audience, Cobolli conquered a slow start to trigger scenes of jubilation among the Italian athletes, coaches and fans

The champion was mobbed by his teammates on court but took a moment to commend his opponent on his performance before returning to the celebrations

Star Performers Step Up in Missing Stars

Both Italy and the Spanish team made the final even with missing key players, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing spectators a seventh matchup of 2025 between the top-ranked men's players

But, with national second-ranked another key player also missing, the Italian duo owned their moments in the spotlight with perfect records from all their matches apiece this week

Thrilling Comeback Secures Win

The audience chanted the player's moniker as he kept his calm to close out his comeback victory to love, having forced the decisive break in the penultimate game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had admitted he had realized a "dream" in delivering his nation to Sunday's final on home soil

In contrast to the scenes of the previous match, when the athlete removed his jersey in jubilation on "one of the best" days of his life, the ranked player faced the consequence for a poor beginning as he conceded a dominant opening set

But the determined player initiated a essential, swift response after falling a behind at the start of the following set

Cobolli's fortunes seemed to shift after a brief pause in the match when a spectator of the crowd became ill

When play resumed, and with Munar facing a critical moment, the player floated over a shot that caught a lucky net tape and brought the set to deuce

Even though frustratingly prevented multiple opportunities on his rival's serve, the champion seized control of a decisive tie-break to force the decider - where he once again performed

Berrettini Extends Impressive Winning Streak

Berrettini had previously taken his Davis Cup singles victory run to 11 matches with an excellent performance against the Spanish opponent

The Grand Slam finalist converted his decisive opportunity for a 5-3 lead before confidently serving out the first set to love

Having taken the majority of points to secure the first set, the player appeared ready to strengthen his hold on the contest upon forcing opportunities in the opening game of the following set

Carreno Busta succeeded to survive each before producing a series of solid service games - but Berrettini seized his next opportunity and closed to zero to finish his triumph