Italy Clinches Historic Third Consecutive Davis Cup Championship

Flavio Cobolli alongside Matteo Berrettini guided Italy to Davis Cup glory as the home team defeated Spain to secure a historic three-peat championship in front of an overjoyed home crowd

48 hours following he edged an epic 32-point decider, Cobolli once again excelled as he fought back from a set and a break down to defeat his Spanish opponent in three sets

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

It is a fourth overall Davis Cup victory overall for Italy, who are the first nation to win three straight championships since title holders stopped receiving direct entry to the championship match 53 years ago

Home Crowd Inspires Italian Victory

Backed passionately by the overwhelming number of a sell-out capacity crowd, the Italian star overcame a slow start to spark scenes of jubilation among the team athletes, coaches and supporters

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

Star Performers Deliver in Missing Stars

Both the Italian squad and the Spanish team reached the final despite missing star athletes, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner denying fans a seventh matchup of the season between the top-ranked men's players

But, with Italian second-ranked another key player too absent, the Italian duo owned their moments in the limelight with perfect records from three singles matches apiece during the tournament

Thrilling Recovery Seals Win

The audience chanted Cobolli's moniker as he kept his composure to serve out his comeback victory to zero, having achieved the decisive break in the 11th game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had stated he had realized a "goal" in guiding his nation to the final on home soil

In opposition to the scenes of the previous match, when Cobolli tore off his shirt in jubilation on "among the greatest" days of his life, the world number 22 faced the consequence for a poor beginning as he lost a dominant opening set

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

The Italian's fortunes appeared to shift after a brief stop in the match when a member of the audience became unwell

When the match continued, and with his opponent down a critical moment, the Italian floated over a volley that caught a fortunate net tape and put the game to deuce

Even though frustratingly prevented multiple opportunities on his opponent's service game, Cobolli seized control of a decisive breaker to force the final set - where he yet again performed

The Veteran Continues Impressive Run

The Italian star had previously taken his Davis Cup singles victory run to 11 matches with an excellent display against Carreno Busta

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

Having taken the majority of points to take the opening set, the player appeared ready to tighten his grip on the match upon forcing two break points in the opening game of the following set

Carreno Busta managed to save each before producing a sequence of strong serving performances - but Berrettini seized his following chance and closed to zero to complete his triumph