Summary Czech Republic took a 2-1 lead against Spain in the Davis Cup final.
Hosts Czech Republic came within a point of winning the Davis Cup final after beating holders Spain in the doubles rubber here on Saturday to take a 2-1 overall lead.
Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek beat Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez 3-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-3 in three hours and 19 minutes.
"That s all we wanted," a triumphant Berdych, who is only 119th in the ATP doubles rankings, said after the game.
"We are still missing a lot, it s just one point, but we are looking ahead and we will do everything" on Sunday, he added.
Lopez and Granollers, ranked sixth and 10th in doubles, came to Prague with a boost from their ATP Tour Finals win last week.
They only lost one game at the London tournament -- against Stepanek and India s Leander Paes.
On Saturday, Stepanek, the world number four in doubles, lost his opening serve, which was enough for the Spaniards to take the first set.
In the second set, Lopez was the first to lose his serve but Berdych offered Spain a quick re-break.
But Lopez was in for more trouble as he struggled to come back from three set points down and finally conceded the fourth one to let the Czechs come level.
In the third set, games went with serve until Lopez offered two set points again and the Czechs converted the second one.
All but flawless throughout the rubber, Granollers lost his serve in the sixth game of the fourth set and that was all the Czechs needed to clinch their 12th Davis Cup doubles win together, against a single loss.
On Sunday, Berdych, the world number six, will take on fifth-ranked Ferrer in a rubber pitting the teams number one players against each other.
Stepanek, the world number 37 in singles, is due to face 11th-ranked Almagro after that.
