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The young Italian star and his compatriot led Italy to Davis Cup victory as the home team overcame Spain to capture a historic third successive title in front of an jubilant local supporters

48 hours following he edged an epic lengthy tie-break, the Italian talent returned to shone as he battled back from a set and a break down to defeat Jaume Munar in a grueling match

The young player's gritty comeback victory success secured a 2-0 triumph for his country in Bologna after Berrettini had triumphed in straight sets against the Spanish player

It is a fourth team championship victory in total for Italy, who are the initial country to achieve three straight titles since defending champions no longer received automatic qualification to the final over five decades back

Home Crowd Inspires Team Italy Victory

Backed passionately by the overwhelming number of a packed 10,000-strong audience, Cobolli overcame a poor beginning to trigger moments of jubilation among the team athletes, staff and supporters

The champion was surrounded by his teammates on court but paused for a moment to commend Munar on his efforts before returning to the celebrations

Key Players Deliver in Missing Stars

Each the Italian squad and Spain reached the final even with missing star athletes, with the non-participation of top-ranked players preventing spectators a seventh meeting of the season between the top-ranked men's players

But, with Italian number two another key player also absent, the Italian duo seized their opportunities in the spotlight with perfect records from all their matches apiece this week

Thrilling Comeback Secures Win

The audience shouted the player's name as he kept his composure to close out his recovery victory to love, having achieved the breakthrough in the 11th game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was no mean feat, given he had admitted he had achieved a "dream" in delivering Italy to the showpiece on domestic ground

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

But the determined player launched a necessary, swift comeback after falling a break down at the start of the following set

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

When play continued, and with Munar down break point, the player floated over a shot that caught a fortunate net cord and brought the set back on level terms

Although annoyingly denied four set points on his opponent's serve, Cobolli wrested command of a decisive breaker to force the final set - where he yet again delivered

Berrettini Extends Remarkable Winning Streak

Berrettini had previously extended his team competition 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 assuredly serving out the opener to love

Having taken 11 of the last 13 points to take the opening set, Berrettini looked set to strengthen his grip on the match upon forcing opportunities in the initial game of the second

His opponent managed to survive both before putting together a series of solid service games - but Berrettini seized his following chance and served out to zero to complete his victory