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The young Italian star alongside Matteo Berrettini led Italy to Davis Cup success as the hosts overcame the Spanish team to claim a record-breaking third consecutive title in front of an jubilant home crowd

Two days after he edged a marathon 32-point tie-break, the Italian talent once again starred as he recovered from behind in sets to beat Jaume Munar in three sets

The young player's tenacious comeback victory triumph secured a straight sets win for his country in the Italian city after Berrettini had prevailed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth overall team championship title overall for the Italian team, who are the initial country to achieve three consecutive championships since defending champions stopped receiving automatic qualification to the final over five decades back

Local Supporters Inspires Italian Triumph

Supported passionately 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 athletes, staff and supporters

Cobolli was surrounded by his teammates on the playing surface but took a moment to praise his opponent on his performance before returning to the festivities

Key Players Deliver in Absence

Both the Italian squad and the Spanish team made the championship match despite missing star athletes, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing spectators a seventh meeting of the season between the world's dominant men's players

But, with national second-ranked Lorenzo Musetti too missing, the Italian duo owned their opportunities in the limelight with three wins from all their matches each during the tournament

Thrilling Comeback Seals Victory

The crowd chanted Cobolli's moniker as he maintained his composure to close out his recovery triumph to zero, having forced the breakthrough in the 11th game of a tense final set

That was no mean feat, given he had stated he had achieved a "goal" in guiding Italy to the final on home soil

In opposition to the scenes of Friday night, when the athlete removed his jersey in celebration on "among the greatest" days of his life, the ranked player faced the price for a poor beginning as he lost a dominant opening set

But Cobolli initiated a necessary, immediate response after falling a break down at the start of the second

Cobolli's fortunes seemed to change after a nine-minute stop in play when a spectator of the crowd became unwell

When the match resumed, and with Munar facing break point, the Italian lobbed over a volley that hit a lucky net cord and put the game back on level terms

Even though annoyingly denied multiple opportunities on his opponent's serve, Cobolli wrested command of a must-win tie-break to push the decider - where he once again delivered

The Veteran Continues Remarkable Run

The Italian star had previously extended his team competition singles winning streak to 11 matches with an superb performance against the Spanish opponent

The Grand Slam finalist converted his decisive opportunity for a advantage before confidently closing the first set to zero

Having won 11 of the last 13 points to secure the opening set, Berrettini looked set to tighten his grip on the contest upon creating two break points in the initial game of the following set

His opponent succeeded to survive each before putting together a sequence of solid service games - but the Italian took his following chance and closed to zero to finish his victory