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Czechs switch doubles team against Spain
The Czech Republic has switched players for Saturday's crucial Davis Cup doubles match against Spain, with Radek Stepanek and Tomas Berdych replacing Lukas Dlou
- Associated Press
- Updated: December 05, 2009 04:00 PM IST
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Stepanek and Berdych both lost singles matches on Friday for defending champion Spain to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series.
But captain Jaroslav Navratil preferred to field the pair, who are 5-0 in doubles play, despite Stepanek losing a grueling five-set match against David Ferrer late Friday. Hajek has a 1-1 doubles record while Dlouhy has never played Davis Cup doubles.
Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco will play for Spain.
Australia was the last team to recover from an 0-2 deficit, against the United States in 1939.
The Czech Republic has switched players for Saturday's crucial Davis Cup doubles match against Spain, with Radek Stepanek and Tomas Berdych replacing Lukas Dlouhy and Jan Hajek.Stepanek and Berdych both lost singles matches on Friday for defending champion Spain to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series.
But captain Jaroslav Navratil preferred to field the pair, who are 5-0 in doubles play, despite Stepanek losing a grueling five-set match against David Ferrer late Friday. Hajek has a 1-1 doubles record while Dlouhy has never played Davis Cup doubles.
Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco will play for Spain.
Australia was the last team to recover from an 0-2 deficit, against the United States in 1939.
Topics mentioned in this article
Tennis Andy Roddick Lukas Dlouhy Rohan Bopanna Leander Paes Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi Maria Sharapova
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