ATP: Argentina captures World Team Championship
Dusseldorf, Germany (Sports Network) - Jose Acasuso and Agustin Calleri won a match tiebreaker to lift Argentina past the Czech Republic for the title at the World Team Championship.
The best-of-three series was tied at one match apiece after the singles play, leaving the doubles to decide the championship.
Acasuso and Calleri went up against the Czech tandem of Tomas Berdych and Martin Damm. The Argentines dropped the first set 2-6, then won the final four games to take the second set 6-4, setting up the first-to-10 match tiebreak, which the Argentine tandem captured by a 10-4 score.
The Czechs won the four-nation Blue Group in round-robin play with a perfect 3-0 record to advance to the title tilt and Berdych gave his team a 1-0 lead in Saturday's final with a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) victory over Juan Ignacio Chela.
Calleri, though, bounced back with a 6-3, 6-1 triumph over Jan Hajek to square the series and set up the decisive doubles match.
Argentina captured this title for the third time, having also won in 1980 and 2002.