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Spain completes sweep of Czechs in Davis Cup final LOGINREGISTERHELPYOU ARE NOT LOGGED IN NHLNBAMLBCFLNFLCurlingTennisGolfSoccerNASCARFormula OneIndyCar NASCAR Canadian Tire SeriesNationwideCamping WorldAuto RacingWorld JuniorsSpengler CupMenS WHCWomenS WHCHockey CanadaAHLBoxingCanada GamesCHLCISECHLFigure SkatingLacrosseMMANCAASkiingSummer SportsWinter SportsMoreOlympicsFantasyDaily LineShowsTSN TalentCommunityMainScheduleResultsRankingsMoneyWinnersATP ScheduleResultsRaceRankingsMoneyWinnersWTA Tennis on TSNeotText SizeBarcelona Spain (Sports Network) Reigning twotime champion Spain put the finishing touches on a 50 sweep of the Czech Republic in the 2009 Davis Cup final on SundayThe Spaniards captured a second straight and fourth overall Davis Cup championship here on Saturday when a doubles tandem of Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco straightsetted a Czech duo of Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek The world No 9 Verdasco won the deciding singles rubber for high flying Spain in last years finale at Argentina Im feeling very happy Im so happy for the whole team firstyear Spanish captain Albert Costa said We did an incredible job the whole year In a pair of dead singles rubbers on Day 3 at Palau Sant Jordi Australian Open champion and former world No 1 superstar Rafael Nadal handled Czech Jan Hajek 63 64 and David Ferrer cruised past Lukas Dlouhy 64 62 as the Spaniards officially hoisted the coveted chalice on Sunday Czech captain Jaroslav Navratil inserted the 102ndranked Hajek in place of Stepanek and the 465thranked doubles specialist Dlouhy in place of Berdych for Sundays reverse singles on the indoor red clay here which was the site of Spains firstever Davis Cup title in 2000 Spain secured its fourth Davis Cup title in the last 10 years on Saturday when Lopez and Verdasco defeated Berdych and Stepanek 76 (97) 75 62 giving the hosts an unassailable 30 lead in the bestoffive finale Berdych and Stepanek had been a perfect 50 in Davis Cup doubles prior to Saturday The mighty Spaniards who are currently riding an eighttie winning streak are the first repeat Davis Cup champs since Sweden turned the trick 11 years ago In Fridays opening singles here in Barcelona Nadal and Ferrer bested Berdych and Stepanek respectively to give the hosts a commanding 20 advantage The world No 2 Nadal beat Berdych in easy 75 60 62 fashion while a heroic 18thranked Ferrer came all the way back to stun Stepanek 16 26 64 64 86 in a 4hour 17minute marathon The sixtime Grand Slam event champion Nadal missed last years Davis Cup final in Argentina due to a knee injury as Spain went on the road to defeat the Argentines 31 The Mallorcan strongman has battled knee and abdominal injuries this year with knee problems preventing him from defending his title at Wimbledon this past summer The Spaniards are now 42 alltime versus the Cze...