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The young Italian star alongside Matteo Berrettini guided the Italian squad to team tennis success as the home team defeated Spain to claim a historic third successive championship in front of an jubilant home crowd

Two days following he edged an epic lengthy decider, the Italian talent returned to starred as he battled back from behind in sets to beat his Spanish opponent in a grueling match

The young player's gritty comeback victory triumph sealed a 2-0 victory for his nation in Bologna after his teammate had prevailed 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish player

It is a fourth overall team championship title overall for Italy, who are the initial country to achieve three consecutive championships since title holders no longer received automatic qualification to the championship match 53 years ago

Home Crowd Inspires Team Italy Triumph

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

Cobolli was surrounded by his teammates on the playing surface but paused for a brief time to praise Munar on his performance before rejoining the celebrations

Key Players Deliver in Absence

Each Italy and the Spanish team made the final despite being without key players, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing fans a seventh matchup of 2025 between the top-ranked men's players

But, with national second-ranked Lorenzo Musetti also absent, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their moments in the spotlight with perfect records from all their matches each this week

Thrilling Comeback Secures Victory

The audience shouted the player's name as he maintained his composure to close out his recovery triumph to zero, having forced the decisive break in the 11th game of a tense final set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had stated he had achieved a "dream" in delivering Italy to Sunday's showpiece on home soil

In opposition to the scenes of Friday night, when the athlete removed his shirt in jubilation on "one of the best" moments of his career, the world number 22 paid the price for a slow start as he lost a one-sided opening set

But the determined player launched a necessary, swift response after going a behind at the start of the second

Cobolli's luck seemed to shift after a nine-minute pause in play when a member of the crowd became ill

When play continued, and with Munar down a critical moment, the player floated over a shot that caught a fortunate net tape and brought the set to deuce

Even though frustratingly denied multiple opportunities on his opponent's serve, Cobolli seized command of a must-win tie-break to force the final set - where he once again delivered

The Veteran Continues Impressive Run

Berrettini had previously taken his team competition individual winning streak to 11 matches with an excellent display against the Spanish opponent

The Grand Slam finalist converted his decisive opportunity for a 5-3 lead before confidently closing the first set to zero

Having won the majority of points to take the first set, Berrettini appeared ready to tighten his grip on the match upon forcing two break points in the opening game of the following set

Carreno Busta succeeded to save each before producing a series of solid serving performances - but the Italian took his next opportunity and closed to zero to finish his victory