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The young Italian star and his compatriot propelled Italy to Davis Cup success as the home team beat Spain to secure a historic third successive championship in front of an overjoyed local supporters

48 hours after he edged an epic lengthy tie-break, Cobolli once again starred as he fought back from a set and a break down to beat his Spanish opponent in three sets

The 23-year-old's tenacious comeback victory triumph secured a 2-0 triumph for his country in Bologna after his teammate had won 6-3 6-4 against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth overall team championship title in total for the Italian team, who are the first nation to achieve three straight titles since title holders no longer received automatic qualification to the championship match 53 years ago

Home Crowd Fuels Team Italy Victory

Backed passionately by the vast majority of a sell-out capacity audience, Cobolli overcame a slow start to trigger moments of jubilation among the team athletes, coaches and fans

Cobolli was surrounded by his teammates on the playing surface but took a brief time to praise Munar on his efforts before returning to the festivities

Star Performers Deliver in Absence

Both the Italian squad and Spain reached the final despite being without star athletes, with the absence of top-ranked players preventing spectators a seventh matchup of the season between the world's dominant tennis stars

But, with Italian second-ranked Lorenzo Musetti also missing, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their moments in the limelight with perfect records from three singles matches each during the tournament

Dramatic Comeback Seals Victory

The audience chanted Cobolli's moniker as he maintained his calm to close out his comeback victory to zero, having forced the breakthrough in the penultimate game of a nail-biting deciding set

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

In opposition to the events of the previous match, when the athlete tore off his jersey in jubilation on "one of the best" moments of his life, the world number 22 paid the price for a slow start as he lost a dominant opening set

But the determined player initiated a necessary, immediate comeback after going a break down at the start of the second

Cobolli's fortunes seemed to change after a nine-minute stop in play when a member of the crowd became ill

When the match continued, and with his opponent down break point, the Italian floated over a volley that caught a lucky net tape and put the set to deuce

Although frustratingly prevented four set points on his rival's service game, Cobolli wrested command of a decisive tie-break to push the decider - where he once again performed

Berrettini Extends Remarkable Run

Berrettini had earlier taken his Davis Cup individual victory run to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent display against Carreno Busta

The former Wimbledon runner-up used his decisive opportunity for a 5-3 lead before assuredly closing the first set to zero

Having won the majority of points to secure the opening set, the player looked set to tighten his hold on the match upon forcing two break points in the opening game of the following set

His opponent managed to save each before producing a series of solid service games - but the Italian seized his following chance and closed to love to finish his triumph