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The young Italian star and his compatriot guided Italy to team tennis glory as the hosts overcame Spain to claim a record-breaking third successive championship in front of an jubilant home crowd

Two days after he edged an epic 32-point decider, the Italian talent once again shone as he fought back from behind in sets to beat Jaume Munar in a grueling match

The 23-year-old's tenacious comeback victory success sealed a straight sets triumph for his nation in Bologna after Berrettini had prevailed 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player

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

Home Crowd Inspires Italian Victory

Supported passionately by the overwhelming number of a sell-out capacity crowd, the Italian star conquered a poor beginning to trigger scenes of celebration among the team athletes, staff and fans

The champion was surrounded by his teammates on the playing surface but paused for a moment to praise his opponent on his performance before returning to the celebrations

Star Performers Step Up in Missing Stars

Each Italy and Spain made the final despite missing 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 national number two Lorenzo Musetti also missing, the Italian duo owned their moments in the limelight with perfect records from all their matches apiece during the tournament

Dramatic Comeback Seals Victory

The audience shouted Cobolli's moniker as he kept his calm to serve out his comeback victory to love, having forced the breakthrough in the 11th game of a nail-biting deciding set

That was no mean feat, given he had admitted he had realized a "dream" in guiding his nation to Sunday's final on home soil

In opposition to the events of Friday night, when Cobolli tore off his jersey in jubilation on "among the greatest" days of his career, the world number 22 faced the consequence for a slow start as he lost a dominant first set

But Cobolli initiated a essential, swift response after going a break down at the start of the following set

Cobolli's luck seemed to change after a brief pause in the match when a member of the crowd became unwell

When the match continued, and with his opponent facing break point, the player lobbed over a volley that caught a fortunate net tape and brought the set to deuce

Although annoyingly denied multiple opportunities on his opponent's service game, Cobolli wrested control of a decisive breaker to push the final set - where he yet again performed

Berrettini Extends Impressive Run

The Italian star had earlier taken his Davis Cup singles victory run to 11 matches with an superb performance against Carreno Busta

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

Having won the majority of points to secure the opening set, Berrettini appeared ready to tighten his grip on the contest upon creating two break points in the opening game of the following set

Carreno Busta managed to save each before producing a series of solid serving performances - but Berrettini took his following chance and closed to love to finish his victory