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Flavio Cobolli and his compatriot propelled Italy to Davis Cup glory as the home team beat Spain to capture a historic third consecutive championship in front of an jubilant local supporters

Two days after he narrowly won an epic 32-point decider, Cobolli once again shone as he battled back from behind in sets to overcome Jaume Munar in three sets

The 23-year-old's tenacious comeback victory success secured a 2-0 victory for his country in Bologna after his teammate had triumphed in straight sets against the Spanish player

It is a fourth team championship title in total for the Italian team, who are the first nation to win three consecutive championships since defending champions stopped receiving automatic qualification to the final over five decades back

Home Crowd Inspires Team Italy Victory

Backed passionately by the overwhelming number of a sell-out capacity audience, Cobolli conquered a slow start to spark moments of jubilation among the Italian athletes, coaches and fans

Cobolli was mobbed by his teammates on the playing surface but paused for a moment to praise his opponent on his efforts before rejoining the celebrations

Key Players Step Up in Absence

Both the Italian squad and Spain made the championship match despite being without key players, 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 another key player too absent, the Italian duo seized their opportunities in the limelight with three wins from three singles matches each during the tournament

Dramatic Recovery Secures Victory

The audience chanted the player's name as he kept his composure to close out his recovery victory to love, having achieved the breakthrough in the penultimate game of a nail-biting final set

That was quite an accomplishment, given he had admitted he had achieved a "dream" in guiding his nation to Sunday's final on domestic ground

In contrast to the scenes of the previous match, when the athlete tore off his shirt in celebration on "one of the best" moments of his career, the ranked player faced the price for a poor beginning as he conceded a dominant opening set

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

The Italian's luck seemed to shift after a brief pause in the match when a spectator of the audience became ill

When the match resumed, and with his opponent down break point, the Italian lobbed over a volley that hit a fortunate net tape and brought the game to deuce

Even though frustratingly prevented four set points on his opponent's serve, Cobolli seized control of a must-win breaker to force the decider - where he once again delivered

The Veteran Continues Impressive Run

The Italian star had previously extended his Davis Cup singles winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an superb performance against Carreno Busta

The former Wimbledon runner-up converted his decisive opportunity for a advantage before confidently serving out the opener to love

Having taken the majority of points to take the first set, the player looked set to tighten his hold on the match upon forcing two break points in the opening game of the second

Carreno Busta managed to survive each before putting together a sequence of solid service games - but Berrettini seized his following chance and served out to love to complete his triumph