Tomas Berdych, Radek Stepanek beat Argentina in Davis Cup doubles to give Czechs 2-1 edge
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Late additions Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek won the doubles match to give the Czech Republic a 2-1 lead in their Davis Cup semifinal against Argentina.
They defeated Eduardo Schwank and Carlos Berlocq 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.
Czech captain Jaroslav Navratil replaced his announced doubles pair of Lukas Rosol and Ivo Minar with Berdych and Stepanek, using his top two players in a risky move to get an edge going into Sunday's decisive reverse singles.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Berdych will face Juan Martin del Potro in the first match and Stepanek will play Juan Monaco.
Argentina is trying to reach its fifth Davis final. It has lost a record four finals, including last year against Spain. The Czechs won as Czechoslovakia in 1980.