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Flavio Cobolli alongside Matteo Berrettini propelled Italy to Davis Cup glory as the hosts beat Spain to capture a record-breaking third consecutive championship in front of an jubilant local supporters

48 hours after he edged a marathon lengthy decider, Cobolli returned to excelled as he recovered from a set and a break down to defeat Jaume Munar in a grueling match

The young player's gritty comeback victory triumph sealed a straight sets win for his nation in the Italian city after his teammate had prevailed 6-3 6-4 against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth team championship title overall for the Italian team, who are the initial country to achieve three straight championships since title holders no longer received automatic qualification to the championship match 53 years ago

Local Supporters Fuels Team Italy Triumph

Supported passionately by the overwhelming number of a sell-out 10,000-strong audience, Cobolli overcame a slow start to trigger scenes of jubilation among the team athletes, coaches and supporters

The champion was mobbed by his team-mates on court but took a moment to praise Munar on his performance before returning to the celebrations

Star Performers Step Up in Absence

Both Italy and Spain made the championship match despite being without key players, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing fans a seventh matchup of the season between the world's dominant tennis stars

But, with national second-ranked another key player also missing, the Italian duo owned their opportunities in the limelight with perfect records from all their matches each during the tournament

Dramatic Comeback Secures Win

The crowd chanted the player's moniker as he kept his calm to serve out his recovery triumph to zero, having forced the breakthrough in the 11th game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had admitted he had achieved a "dream" in guiding Italy to Sunday's showpiece on home soil

In contrast to the scenes of the previous match, when the athlete tore off his shirt in jubilation on "one of the best" days of his career, the world number 22 faced the price for a poor beginning as he lost a one-sided opening set

But the determined player launched a necessary, immediate response after falling a behind at the beginning of the following set

The Italian's luck seemed to change after a brief stop in play when a spectator of the crowd became unwell

When play resumed, and with his opponent facing break point, the Italian lobbed over a shot that caught a lucky net tape and put the set to deuce

Even though annoyingly prevented four set points on his opponent's serve, Cobolli seized command of a must-win breaker to force the decider - where he once again performed

The Veteran Continues Impressive Run

The Italian star had previously taken his team competition individual winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an superb performance against the Spanish opponent

The Grand Slam finalist converted his third break point for a 5-3 lead before assuredly closing the opener to love

Having won the majority of points to secure the opening set, Berrettini appeared ready to tighten his grip on the contest upon forcing opportunities in the opening game of the following set

Carreno Busta succeeded to survive both before putting together a sequence of solid serving performances - but the Italian took his next opportunity and closed to love to finish his triumph