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The young Italian star alongside Matteo Berrettini led Italy to Davis Cup success as the home team beat Spain to claim a historic three-peat title in front of an jubilant local supporters

48 hours following he narrowly won an epic lengthy decider, the Italian talent once again shone as he battled back from a set and a break down to overcome Jaume Munar in a grueling match

The young player's gritty 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 win sealed a straight sets win for his country in the Italian city after his teammate had prevailed in straight sets against the Spanish player

It is a fourth Davis Cup victory in total for the Italian team, who are the first nation to win three straight championships since defending champions no longer received automatic qualification to the championship match 53 years ago

Home Crowd Fuels Italian Triumph

Supported enthusiastically by the overwhelming number of a sell-out 10,000-strong audience, Cobolli conquered a slow start to spark moments of jubilation among the team players, coaches and supporters

The champion was surrounded by his team-mates on the playing surface but took a moment to commend Munar on his performance before returning to the celebrations

Star Performers Deliver in Missing Stars

Both Italy and the Spanish team reached the championship match even with missing key players, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing spectators a seventh matchup of the season between the top-ranked tennis stars

But, with national number two another key player also missing, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their opportunities in the limelight with three wins from three singles matches each during the tournament

Thrilling Recovery Seals Win

The crowd chanted Cobolli's name as he kept his calm to close out his recovery triumph to love, having achieved the decisive break in the penultimate game of a tense final set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had stated he had realized a "dream" in delivering his nation to Sunday's showpiece on domestic ground

In contrast to the scenes of Friday night, when the athlete removed his shirt in jubilation on "one of the best" days of his life, the ranked player faced the price for a slow start as he conceded a one-sided first set

But the determined player launched a essential, swift response after going a behind at the beginning of the following set

Cobolli's fortunes seemed to shift after a nine-minute pause in the match when a spectator of the audience became unwell

When the match resumed, and with his opponent down a critical moment, the player floated over a volley that caught a fortunate net tape and put the set to deuce

Although annoyingly prevented multiple opportunities on his rival's service game, Cobolli wrested control of a must-win tie-break to force the decider - where he once again performed

The Veteran Continues Impressive Run

Berrettini had previously extended his team competition individual victory run to eleven consecutive wins with an superb performance against the Spanish opponent

The former Wimbledon runner-up used his third break point for a advantage before assuredly serving out the first set to zero

Having won 11 of the last 13 points to take the first set, the player looked set to strengthen his grip on the match upon forcing two break points in the opening game of the second

His opponent succeeded to survive each before putting together a series of solid service games - but the Italian took his next opportunity and closed to zero to complete his victory