🔗 Share this article

The young Italian star alongside Matteo Berrettini guided Italy to team tennis victory as the home team beat the Spanish team to claim a record-breaking third consecutive championship in front of an overjoyed local supporters

48 hours after he edged a marathon lengthy tie-break, Cobolli once again shone as he fought back from a set and a break down to beat Jaume Munar in three sets

The 23-year-old's gritty comeback victory win secured a straight sets victory for his country in the Italian city after Berrettini had triumphed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth overall Davis Cup victory 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

Local Supporters Fuels Team Italy Victory

Supported passionately by the vast majority of a sell-out capacity crowd, Cobolli overcame a poor beginning to spark moments of jubilation among the team players, staff and fans

The champion was mobbed by his teammates on the playing surface but took a moment to praise Munar on his performance before returning to the festivities

Star Performers Step Up in Absence

Both Italy and the Spanish team reached the championship match despite being without key players, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner denying spectators a seventh matchup of 2025 between the world's dominant tennis stars

But, with Italian number two Lorenzo Musetti also missing, the Italian duo seized their opportunities in the spotlight with three wins from all their matches each this week

Dramatic Recovery Seals Win

The audience chanted Cobolli's moniker as he kept his calm to serve out his recovery triumph to zero, having achieved the breakthrough in the 11th game of a tense deciding set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had stated he had achieved a "dream" in guiding Italy to the final on domestic ground

In contrast to the scenes of Friday night, when Cobolli removed his jersey in celebration on "among the greatest" moments of his career, the ranked player paid the consequence for a poor beginning as he conceded a dominant opening set

But the determined player initiated a essential, immediate comeback after falling a behind at the beginning of the second

Cobolli's fortunes seemed to shift after a brief pause in play when a member of the crowd became unwell

When play continued, and with his opponent facing break point, the player lobbed over a shot that hit a lucky net cord and put the set back on level terms

Even though frustratingly denied four set points on his rival's service game, Cobolli seized command of a decisive tie-break to push the final set - where he once again delivered

The Veteran Extends Impressive Run

Berrettini had previously extended his Davis Cup individual winning streak to 11 matches with an excellent performance against the Spanish opponent

The former Wimbledon runner-up used his third break point for a 5-3 lead before assuredly closing the first set to love

Having taken the majority of points to take the opening set, Berrettini appeared ready to strengthen his hold on the match upon forcing opportunities in the opening game of the second

Carreno Busta succeeded to survive both before putting together a sequence of solid service games - but the Italian seized his next opportunity and closed to love to finish his victory