For the second day in a row, Center Court II provided the stage of a comeback that came down to the Match Tie-break.
Czechs Tomas Berdych and Martin Damm took the late break in the second set of the decisive doubles match against Spaniards David Ferrer and Bartolome Salva-Vidal, and then clawed back from a 4-7 deficit in the Match Tie-break. They won five consecutive points and clinched both the doubles match and the Round Robin tie on their second match point, 5-7, 6-3, 10-8 (Match TB).
Throughout their opening tie Monday at the 30th ARAG ATP World Team Championship, the Czech Republic was forced to play catch up with Spain.
Ferrer, who along with compatriot Nicolas Almagro were coming off of quarterfinal runs at ATP Masters Series Hamburg, forcefully established the early lead for Spain in the day's first singles match. He easily took the first five games against Berdych, who made 30 unforced errors in the 68-minute match, and conceded just four games total in his victory.
Jan Hajek kept the Czech Republic in the tie by notching his first ATP-level match win of the season. He defeated 20-year-old Salva-Vidal 6-2, 6-4.
The Czech Republic moved to second place in the Blue Group behind host nation Germany with their victory. They will place first-time qualifiers Belgium on Wednesday and Germany on Friday.
Czechs Tomas Berdych and Martin Damm took the late break in the second set of the decisive doubles match against Spaniards David Ferrer and Bartolome Salva-Vidal, and then clawed back from a 4-7 deficit in the Match Tie-break. They won five consecutive points and clinched both the doubles match and the Round Robin tie on their second match point, 5-7, 6-3, 10-8 (Match TB).
Throughout their opening tie Monday at the 30th ARAG ATP World Team Championship, the Czech Republic was forced to play catch up with Spain.
Ferrer, who along with compatriot Nicolas Almagro were coming off of quarterfinal runs at ATP Masters Series Hamburg, forcefully established the early lead for Spain in the day's first singles match. He easily took the first five games against Berdych, who made 30 unforced errors in the 68-minute match, and conceded just four games total in his victory.
Jan Hajek kept the Czech Republic in the tie by notching his first ATP-level match win of the season. He defeated 20-year-old Salva-Vidal 6-2, 6-4.
The Czech Republic moved to second place in the Blue Group behind host nation Germany with their victory. They will place first-time qualifiers Belgium on Wednesday and Germany on Friday.
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