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Flavio Cobolli alongside Matteo Berrettini led Italy to team tennis success as the hosts beat Spain to secure a historic third consecutive title in front of an jubilant home crowd

Two days following he narrowly won a marathon lengthy decider, the Italian talent once again excelled as he recovered from a set and a break down to beat Jaume Munar in a grueling match

The 23-year-old's determined comeback victory win clinched a 2-0 win for his nation in the Italian city after Berrettini had triumphed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth team championship victory in total for Italy, who are the initial country to win three straight titles since defending champions stopped receiving direct entry to the final 53 years ago

Local Supporters Inspires Italian Victory

Supported enthusiastically by the vast majority of a packed capacity crowd, the Italian star conquered a slow start to spark scenes of celebration among the team players, coaches and supporters

The champion was surrounded by his team-mates on court but took a brief time to praise his opponent on his efforts before returning to the celebrations

Star Performers Deliver in Absence

Both Italy and Spain made the championship match despite missing key players, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner denying spectators a seventh meeting of the season between the top-ranked men's players

But, with Italian second-ranked Lorenzo Musetti too absent, Cobolli and Berrettini seized their moments in the spotlight with three wins from all their matches each this week

Thrilling Comeback Secures Victory

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

That was no mean feat, given he had stated he had achieved a "goal" in delivering his nation to the final on domestic ground

In contrast to the scenes of Friday night, when the athlete tore off his shirt in jubilation on "one of the best" moments of his life, the world number 22 paid the consequence for a slow start as he conceded a one-sided first set

But Cobolli launched a necessary, swift response after falling a break down at the start of the following set

The Italian's fortunes appeared to shift after a brief pause in the match when a spectator of the crowd became ill

When the match continued, and with his opponent down a critical moment, the Italian lobbed over a shot that hit a lucky net tape and brought the set back on level terms

Even though frustratingly denied four set points on his rival's serve, Cobolli wrested control of a decisive breaker to force the decider - where he yet again delivered

The Veteran Extends Impressive Run

Berrettini had earlier extended his Davis Cup singles winning streak to 11 matches with an superb display against the Spanish opponent

The Grand Slam finalist converted his third break point for a 5-3 lead before confidently closing the opener to zero

Having won 11 of the last 13 points to secure the opening set, the player looked set to tighten his hold on the contest upon creating opportunities in the initial game of the second

His opponent succeeded to survive each before putting together a sequence of strong serving performances - but the Italian seized his following chance and closed to love to complete his triumph