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The young Italian star and Matteo Berrettini led Italy to team tennis glory as the hosts beat Spain to secure a historic third consecutive title in front of an overjoyed local supporters

Two days following he edged an epic lengthy tie-break, Cobolli returned to excelled as he recovered from behind in sets to overcome Jaume Munar in three sets

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

It is a fourth team championship title in total for Italy, who are the initial country to achieve three consecutive titles since defending champions stopped receiving automatic qualification to the championship match 53 years ago

Local Supporters Fuels Italian Victory

Backed enthusiastically by the overwhelming number of a packed capacity crowd, the Italian star overcame a slow start to trigger scenes of celebration among the Italian players, staff and fans

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

Star Performers Step Up in Absence

Each the Italian squad and Spain made the final despite missing key players, with the non-participation of top-ranked players preventing spectators a seventh meeting of the season between the world's dominant tennis stars

But, with national number two another key player too missing, the Italian duo owned their opportunities in the spotlight with perfect records from all their matches apiece during the tournament

Thrilling Recovery Seals Win

The audience chanted Cobolli's moniker as he kept his composure to serve out his recovery victory to love, having forced the decisive break in the penultimate game of a tense deciding set

That was no mean feat, given he had admitted he had realized a "dream" in guiding his nation to the showpiece on home soil

In contrast to the scenes of Friday night, when Cobolli tore off his shirt in celebration on "among the greatest" days of his career, the world number 22 faced the price for a poor beginning as he lost a one-sided first set

But Cobolli initiated a necessary, immediate comeback after going a break down at the start of the following set

The Italian's fortunes appeared to change after a nine-minute pause in play when a spectator of the crowd became unwell

When the match resumed, and with his opponent facing a critical moment, the Italian floated over a volley that hit a lucky net tape and brought the set back on level terms

Although annoyingly prevented four set points on his opponent's serve, the champion seized command of a decisive tie-break to force the decider - where he yet again performed

The Veteran Extends Impressive Winning Streak

Berrettini had previously extended his team competition individual victory run to 11 matches with an superb display against the Spanish opponent

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

Having won 11 of the last 13 points to take the opening set, Berrettini appeared ready to strengthen his hold on the match upon forcing opportunities in the opening game of the second

Carreno Busta managed to save both before producing a series of strong serving performances - but the Italian seized his next opportunity and served out to love to finish his triumph