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Flavio Cobolli alongside Matteo Berrettini led the Italian squad to team tennis success as the hosts defeated the Spanish team to secure a historic third successive title in front of an jubilant home crowd

Two days following he narrowly won an epic 32-point decider, the Italian talent returned to starred as he recovered from behind in sets to defeat Jaume Munar in a grueling match

The young player's tenacious comeback victory triumph clinched a straight sets triumph for his country in the Italian city after Berrettini had prevailed 6-3 6-4 against Pablo Carreno Busta

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 stopped receiving automatic qualification to the final 53 years ago

Local Supporters Inspires Italian Triumph

Supported passionately by the vast majority of a sell-out capacity audience, the Italian star conquered a poor beginning to spark moments of jubilation among the team players, coaches and supporters

The champion was surrounded by his teammates on the playing surface but took a brief time to praise Munar on his performance before rejoining the celebrations

Key Players Deliver in Missing Stars

Each the Italian squad and Spain reached the final despite being without key players, with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing spectators a seventh matchup of 2025 between the top-ranked men's players

But, with national number two Lorenzo Musetti too missing, Cobolli and Berrettini owned their opportunities in the spotlight with perfect records from three singles matches apiece during the tournament

Dramatic Recovery Secures Win

The crowd chanted the player's moniker as he maintained his composure to serve out his recovery victory to love, having forced the breakthrough in the penultimate game of a nail-biting final set

That was no mean feat, given he had admitted he had achieved a "goal" in delivering Italy to Sunday's showpiece on home soil

In contrast to the events of the previous match, when Cobolli tore off his shirt in celebration on "one of the best" days of his life, the ranked player paid the price for a slow start as he lost a dominant first set

But the determined player initiated a essential, immediate comeback after falling a behind at the beginning of the following set

The Italian's fortunes seemed to shift after a nine-minute pause in the match when a member of the crowd became ill

When play resumed, and with Munar down break point, the Italian lobbed over a shot that hit a fortunate net cord and put the game back on level terms

Although frustratingly denied multiple opportunities on his opponent's serve, the champion wrested control of a decisive breaker to push the final set - where he once again delivered

Berrettini Extends Impressive Run

The Italian star had earlier taken his team competition individual winning streak to eleven consecutive wins with an superb display 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 take the first set, the player looked set to strengthen his grip on the contest upon creating opportunities in the initial game of the following set

His opponent managed to save each before putting together a series of strong serving performances - but the Italian took his following chance and served out to love to finish his triumph