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The young Italian star and his compatriot led Italy to team tennis victory as the home team beat Spain to capture a record-breaking three-peat championship in front of an overjoyed local supporters

Two days following he edged a marathon lengthy decider, the Italian talent returned to shone as he fought back from behind in sets to overcome Jaume Munar in a grueling match

The young player's tenacious 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 success clinched a 2-0 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 in total for the Italian team, who are the first nation to win three straight titles since defending champions no longer received automatic qualification to the final 53 years ago

Local Supporters Inspires Italian Victory

Backed passionately by the vast majority of a packed 10,000-strong crowd, the Italian star overcame a poor beginning to trigger moments of jubilation among the Italian athletes, coaches and supporters

The champion was surrounded by his team-mates on the playing surface but paused for a moment to commend Munar on his efforts before returning to the festivities

Key Players Deliver in Absence

Both the Italian squad and Spain made the final even with missing star athletes, with the absence of top-ranked players preventing fans a seventh matchup of the season between the world's dominant men's players

But, with Italian second-ranked another key player too absent, the Italian duo seized their moments in the spotlight with perfect records from three singles matches apiece this week

Thrilling Recovery Secures Victory

The crowd shouted Cobolli's name as he kept his calm to serve out his comeback triumph to love, having achieved the breakthrough in the 11th game of a nail-biting deciding set

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

In contrast to the scenes of Friday night, when Cobolli removed his shirt in celebration on "among the greatest" days of his life, the world number 22 paid the consequence for a poor beginning as he conceded a dominant first set

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

Cobolli's luck seemed to change after a nine-minute pause in the match when a member of the audience became unwell

When the match resumed, and with Munar down break point, the Italian lobbed over a volley that hit a fortunate net tape and put the set to deuce

Even though frustratingly prevented multiple opportunities on his rival's serve, the champion wrested command of a decisive breaker to push the final set - where he yet again performed

Berrettini Continues Impressive Winning Streak

The Italian star had earlier taken his Davis Cup individual winning streak to 11 matches with an superb performance against Carreno Busta

The former Wimbledon runner-up used his decisive opportunity for a advantage before assuredly closing the opener to love

Having won 11 of the last 13 points to secure the opening set, the player looked set to strengthen his grip on the match upon creating opportunities in the opening game of the following set

Carreno Busta succeeded to save both before producing a sequence of solid service games - but Berrettini took his following chance and closed to zero to finish his triumph