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Flavio Cobolli alongside his compatriot led the Italian squad to team tennis victory as the home team overcame Spain to secure a record-breaking three-peat championship in front of an jubilant home crowd

48 hours after he edged an epic lengthy decider, Cobolli once again excelled as he battled back from behind in sets to overcome his Spanish opponent in three sets

The young player's tenacious 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 win secured a straight sets triumph for his nation in Bologna after Berrettini had triumphed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth overall team championship victory in total for Italy, who are the initial country to win three consecutive championships since defending champions no longer received automatic qualification to the championship match 53 years ago

Local Supporters Fuels Team Italy Victory

Supported enthusiastically by the overwhelming number of a sell-out capacity audience, Cobolli overcame a poor beginning to trigger scenes of jubilation among the Italian athletes, coaches and fans

The champion was mobbed by his team-mates on the playing surface but paused for a moment to commend his opponent on his efforts before rejoining the celebrations

Star Performers Deliver in Missing Stars

Each the Italian squad and the Spanish team made 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 tennis stars

But, with national number two Lorenzo Musetti too missing, the Italian duo owned their moments in the spotlight with perfect records from three singles matches apiece this week

Dramatic Comeback Secures Win

The audience chanted the player's moniker as he kept his composure to close out his recovery triumph to love, having forced the decisive break in the penultimate game of a tense final set

That was no mean feat, given he had admitted he had achieved a "goal" in guiding his nation to Sunday's showpiece on domestic ground

In opposition to the scenes of the previous match, when Cobolli tore off his jersey in celebration on "among the greatest" moments of his life, the ranked player faced the consequence for a poor beginning as he conceded a dominant first set

But Cobolli launched a essential, immediate response after falling a behind at the start of the following set

Cobolli's luck appeared to shift after a brief stop in play when a spectator of the crowd became ill

When play resumed, and with his opponent down break point, the player lobbed over a shot that caught a fortunate net tape and brought the set to deuce

Although annoyingly prevented multiple opportunities on his rival's service game, Cobolli wrested control of a decisive breaker to push the final set - where he once again performed

Berrettini Extends Impressive Run

Berrettini had previously extended his Davis Cup singles winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent display against Carreno Busta

The former Wimbledon runner-up converted his third break point for a 5-3 lead before confidently serving out the opener to zero

Having won the majority of points to take the first set, Berrettini looked set to strengthen his grip on the contest upon creating two break points in the opening game of the following set

Carreno Busta succeeded to survive each before putting together a series of strong serving performances - but Berrettini took his following chance and closed to zero to complete his triumph