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The young Italian star alongside Matteo Berrettini guided Italy to team tennis glory as the home team defeated the Spanish team to claim a record-breaking three-peat championship in front of an ecstatic local supporters

48 hours following he edged a marathon 32-point tie-break, the Italian talent returned to starred as he battled back from behind in sets to defeat Jaume Munar in three sets

The 23-year-old's determined comeback victory success clinched a straight sets win for his nation in Bologna after Berrettini had triumphed 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player

It is a fourth overall team championship victory overall for the Italian team, who are the initial country to win three consecutive championships since title holders stopped receiving direct entry to the final 53 years ago

Home Crowd Fuels Team Italy Victory

Backed passionately by the overwhelming number of a sell-out 10,000-strong audience, Cobolli conquered a slow start to trigger scenes of jubilation among the team players, staff and fans

Cobolli was surrounded by his teammates on court but paused for a moment to commend Munar on his performance before returning to the celebrations

Key Players Deliver in Missing Stars

Each the Italian squad and Spain reached the final even with missing key players, with the absence of top-ranked players denying fans a seventh matchup of the season between the world's dominant tennis stars

But, with Italian number two Lorenzo Musetti too absent, the Italian duo owned their moments in the spotlight with perfect records from three singles matches apiece during the tournament

Thrilling Recovery Secures Victory

The crowd shouted the player's moniker as he maintained his composure to close out his comeback victory to love, having forced the decisive break in the 11th game of a nail-biting final set

That was no mean feat, given he had admitted he had achieved a "dream" in delivering Italy to the final on domestic ground

In contrast to the scenes of the previous match, when Cobolli removed his jersey in celebration on "one of the best" moments of his career, the ranked player paid the price for a slow start as he lost a one-sided opening set

But the determined player launched a essential, immediate response after going a break down at the beginning of the second

The Italian's luck seemed to shift after a nine-minute pause in play when a spectator of the crowd became ill

When the match resumed, and with Munar facing a critical moment, the player lobbed over a volley that hit a fortunate net cord and brought the game to deuce

Even though annoyingly denied four set points on his rival's service game, Cobolli wrested control of a must-win breaker to push the decider - where he once again performed

Berrettini Extends Remarkable Winning Streak

Berrettini had previously taken his Davis Cup singles victory run to eleven consecutive wins with an superb performance against Carreno Busta

The former Wimbledon runner-up used his decisive opportunity for a advantage before confidently serving out the first set to love

Having taken the majority of points to take the opening set, the player looked set to tighten his hold on the contest upon creating two break points in the opening game of the second

Carreno Busta managed to survive each before producing a sequence of strong serving performances - but Berrettini seized his next opportunity and closed to love to complete his victory