Argentina came back from the brink to snatch a thrilling 2-1 victory over the Czech Republic and capture the World Team Cup for the third time on Saturday.
Tomas Berdych gave the Czechs the first point in the final with a 3-6 6-3 7-6 win over clay-court specialist Juan Ignacio Chela before Agustin Calleri took the tie into the deciding doubles by beating Jan Hajek 6-3 6-1. Czech pair Berdych and Martin Damm were cruising towards victory as they led by a set and 4-2 only for Calleri and Jose Acasuso to launch a great fightback.
They reeled off the next four games to set up a match tiebreak and won it convincingly to seal a 2-6 6-4 10-4 victory, with an emphatic Acasuso volley on the first matchpoint. It gave Argentina their third World Team Cup title following victories in 1980 and 2002.
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