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The young Italian star and Matteo Berrettini guided Italy to team tennis victory as the hosts beat the Spanish team to secure a historic third successive title in front of an jubilant local supporters

48 hours following he narrowly won a marathon lengthy decider, the Italian talent returned to shone as he battled back from behind in sets to overcome his Spanish opponent in three sets

The young player's gritty 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 triumph sealed a 2-0 victory for his nation in the Italian city after his teammate had triumphed in straight sets against the Spanish player

It is a fourth overall Davis Cup victory overall for the Italian team, who are the first nation to win three consecutive championships since defending champions no longer received direct entry to the final 53 years ago

Local Supporters Inspires Italian Triumph

Supported passionately by the overwhelming number of a sell-out 10,000-strong crowd, the Italian star overcame a slow start to trigger scenes of jubilation among the Italian players, staff and supporters

The champion was surrounded by his teammates on court but took a brief time to commend Munar on his efforts before rejoining the celebrations

Star Performers Deliver in Missing Stars

Both Italy and Spain reached the championship match even with being without key players, with the absence of top-ranked players preventing fans a seventh matchup of the season between the top-ranked tennis stars

But, with national number two Lorenzo Musetti too absent, the Italian duo seized their moments in the spotlight with three wins from all their matches each during the tournament

Thrilling Recovery Seals Win

The crowd chanted Cobolli's moniker as he maintained his calm to serve out his recovery triumph to love, having forced the breakthrough in the 11th game of a tense deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had admitted he had achieved a "goal" in guiding Italy to Sunday's showpiece on domestic ground

In contrast to the events of Friday night, when the athlete removed his jersey in jubilation on "among the greatest" days of his life, the world number 22 faced the price for a poor beginning as he lost a dominant opening set

But the determined player launched a essential, immediate comeback after going a behind at the start of the following set

The Italian's fortunes seemed to change after a brief pause in the match when a member of the audience became ill

When play resumed, and with his opponent down break point, the player floated over a volley that caught a fortunate net tape and brought the game to deuce

Although annoyingly denied four set points on his rival's serve, the champion wrested command of a must-win breaker to force the decider - where he once again performed

The Veteran Continues Remarkable Run

Berrettini had previously extended his team competition individual victory run to eleven consecutive wins with an superb display against Carreno Busta

The Grand Slam finalist used his decisive opportunity for a 5-3 lead before assuredly closing the opener to love

Having won the majority of points to secure the first set, the player looked set to tighten his grip on the contest upon creating opportunities in the opening game of the second

Carreno Busta succeeded to save both before putting together a series of strong service games - but the Italian seized his following chance and served out to love to finish his triumph