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Flavio Cobolli alongside Matteo Berrettini led the Italian squad to Davis Cup success as the home team beat the Spanish team to claim a historic three-peat title in front of an jubilant local supporters

Two days following he edged a marathon lengthy tie-break, the Italian talent returned to shone as he fought back from behind in sets to beat his Spanish opponent in three sets

The young player's determined 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 win secured a straight sets win for his country in the Italian city after his teammate had won 6-3 6-4 against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth team championship victory in total for the Italian team, who are the first nation to win three consecutive championships since title holders no longer received direct entry to the championship match 53 years ago

Home Crowd Inspires Team Italy Triumph

Backed passionately by the overwhelming number of a packed 10,000-strong audience, the Italian star conquered a poor beginning to spark scenes of jubilation among the team athletes, coaches and supporters

Cobolli was mobbed by his teammates on the playing surface but took a brief time to praise his opponent on his performance before rejoining the celebrations

Key Players Step Up in Absence

Both Italy and Spain reached the final despite being without key players, with the non-participation 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 also missing, the Italian duo owned their opportunities in the limelight with three wins from all their matches each during the tournament

Thrilling Comeback Secures Win

The crowd shouted Cobolli's moniker as he maintained his composure to close out his comeback triumph to zero, having forced 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 delivering Italy to the final on home soil

In opposition to the events of the previous match, when the athlete tore off his shirt in celebration on "one of the best" moments of his life, the ranked player paid the price for a slow start as he lost a one-sided first set

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

The Italian's fortunes seemed to change after a nine-minute stop in the match when a member of the audience became unwell

When play resumed, and with his opponent down a critical moment, the player floated over a volley that hit a lucky net cord and put the set back on level terms

Even though annoyingly prevented multiple opportunities on his rival's service game, Cobolli wrested control of a must-win tie-break to push the final set - where he yet again delivered

The Veteran Extends Impressive Winning Streak

The Italian star had earlier extended his team competition individual winning streak to 11 matches with an excellent display against Carreno Busta

The Grand Slam finalist converted his decisive opportunity for a 5-3 lead before assuredly serving out the first set to zero

Having won 11 of the last 13 points to take the first set, Berrettini appeared ready to strengthen his grip on the contest upon creating two break points in the opening game of the second

Carreno Busta managed to survive each before putting together a sequence of strong serving performances - but the Italian took his next opportunity and served out to zero to complete his victory