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The young Italian star alongside Matteo Berrettini propelled the Italian squad to Davis Cup success as the home team beat the Spanish team to capture a record-breaking three-peat championship in front of an ecstatic local supporters

Two days following he narrowly won a marathon 32-point tie-break, Cobolli once again starred as he fought back from behind in sets to overcome his Spanish opponent in three sets

The 23-year-old's gritty comeback victory triumph clinched a 2-0 win for his country in Bologna after Berrettini had prevailed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth overall team championship victory in total for Italy, who are the initial country to win three straight titles since defending champions stopped receiving automatic qualification to the championship match over five decades back

Local Supporters Inspires Italian Victory

Supported enthusiastically by the vast majority of a sell-out 10,000-strong audience, the Italian star overcame a poor beginning to trigger moments of jubilation among the team athletes, coaches and fans

Cobolli was mobbed by his team-mates on the playing surface but took a brief time to praise his opponent on his performance before returning to the celebrations

Key Players Deliver in Absence

Each the Italian squad and Spain reached the championship match despite being without key players, with the absence of top-ranked players preventing fans a seventh meeting of 2025 between the world's dominant tennis stars

But, with Italian second-ranked another key player also absent, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their opportunities in the limelight with perfect records from three singles matches apiece during the tournament

Dramatic Recovery Secures Win

The audience shouted the player's name as he maintained his calm to close out his comeback triumph to zero, having forced the breakthrough in the penultimate 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 final on domestic ground

In contrast to the events of Friday night, when the athlete removed his shirt in jubilation on "among the greatest" moments of his life, the world number 22 faced the consequence for a poor beginning as he conceded a dominant opening set

But Cobolli launched a necessary, swift response after falling a behind at the beginning of the following set

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

When play resumed, and with his opponent down a critical moment, the player floated over a shot that caught a lucky net tape and brought the game to deuce

Although frustratingly denied multiple opportunities on his rival's serve, Cobolli wrested command of a decisive tie-break to push the decider - where he once again performed

Berrettini Continues Impressive Run

Berrettini had previously extended his Davis Cup individual winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an excellent performance against the Spanish opponent

The Grand Slam finalist converted his decisive opportunity for a advantage before confidently closing the first set to love

Having taken 11 of the last 13 points to secure the opening set, the player appeared ready to tighten his hold on the match upon forcing two break points in the opening game of the second

His opponent managed to survive each before producing a series of solid service games - but the Italian took his following chance and served out to zero to complete his victory