Day 2 of the Davis Cup final saw the conclusion of this years competition with Spain successfully regaining the title they won last year.
Having gone into Day 2 already leading 2-0 against the Czech Republic, Spain only needed victory in the doubles to confirm a second consecutive Davis Cup.
Rafael Nadal beat Tomas Berdych and David Ferrer defeated Radek Stepanek to take a commanding two nil lead going into Saturday's play.
Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco were scheduled to face Jan Halek and the doubles expert Lukas Dlouchy , however on the morning before the match, Czech captain Jaroslav Navratil changed the line up and sent Stepanek and Berdych out to face the doubles. This was a bizarre decision considering both had played and lost the day before and Halek and Dlouchy are both doubles specialists.
In the end Navratil's decision proved to be the wrong one as the Czech pair lost 7-6 7-5 6-2.
The Czech's wasted a set point in the first set tie break and from then on it was Sapin that controlled the match. It was obvious to all that Stepanek was still exhausted from his five set thriller the night before against David Ferrer.
After coming through the tricky tie break, Spain comfortably strolled through the match and on doing so became the first nation in over ten years to retain the Davis Cup.
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