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Flavio Cobolli and his compatriot propelled the Italian squad to Davis Cup success as the home team beat the Spanish team to capture a historic three-peat championship in front of an overjoyed home crowd

Two days after he narrowly won an epic lengthy tie-break, the Italian talent returned to starred as he recovered from a set and a break down to overcome Jaume Munar in three sets

The young player's gritty 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 success secured a straight sets win for his country in Bologna after Berrettini had triumphed 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player

It is a fourth overall team championship title in total for Italy, who are the initial country to achieve three straight championships since defending champions stopped receiving automatic qualification to the championship match 53 years ago

Home Crowd Fuels Team Italy Victory

Backed passionately by the overwhelming number of a sell-out capacity audience, the Italian star conquered a poor beginning to trigger moments of celebration among the Italian players, coaches and supporters

The champion was surrounded by his teammates on the playing surface but paused for a brief time to praise Munar on his efforts before returning to the celebrations

Star Performers Deliver in Absence

Both the Italian squad and Spain reached the final despite missing key players, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner denying fans a seventh matchup of 2025 between the top-ranked men's players

But, with national second-ranked another key player also absent, Cobolli and Berrettini seized their opportunities in the limelight with three wins from all their matches each this week

Dramatic Recovery Secures Victory

The audience chanted the player's moniker as he kept his calm to close out his comeback victory to zero, having forced the decisive break in the 11th game of a tense final set

That was no mean feat, given he had stated he had achieved a "dream" in delivering his nation to Sunday's final on home soil

In contrast to the events of the previous match, when the athlete removed his shirt in celebration on "among the greatest" days of his life, the ranked player faced the consequence for a slow start as he conceded a one-sided first set

But the determined player launched a necessary, immediate response after going a behind at the beginning of the following set

Cobolli's luck appeared to change after a brief pause in the match when a spectator of the audience became ill

When play resumed, and with his opponent down a critical moment, the Italian lobbed over a volley that hit a fortunate net cord and put the game to deuce

Although frustratingly denied multiple opportunities on his opponent's serve, Cobolli wrested control of a decisive tie-break to push the decider - where he yet again performed

Berrettini Extends Impressive Winning Streak

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

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

Having taken 11 of the last 13 points to take the first set, Berrettini looked set to strengthen his hold on the match upon creating opportunities in the opening game of the following set

His opponent succeeded to save each before producing a series of strong service games - but the Italian took his following chance and closed to zero to finish his triumph