In the course of this weekend the Davis Cup final was played between Serbia and Czech Republic.

Czech Republic reached the final defeating Switzerland in the first round 3-2, Kazakhstan in the quarter-final 3-1 and Argentina in the semifinal 3-2. It’s the defending champion.

Serbia reached the final defeating Belgium in the first round 3-2, the U.S.A in the quarterfinals 3-1 and Canada in the semifinal 3-2. It’s at its second Davis Cup final after the one won in 2010.

Novak Djokovic – Radek Stepanek

Both players start with caution and there’s a balance until the sixth game, when Radek Stepanek makes ​​a couple of unforced errors and Novak Djokovic takes the opportunity to break him. In the next game it’s the Serb who makes some mistakes, offers a total of three break points but manages to win his service game. The Serb serves for the set but the Czech plays with patience and in the ninth game breaks his opponent. Djokovic steps up again and in the eleventh game breaks Stepanek again to win the first set 7-5.

In the second set the match is very intense and in the third game Radek Stepanek has a total of three break points but Novak Djokovic manages to win his service game. In the next game che Czech make some mistakes and loses his service giving the impression of not being able to keep the pace of Djokovic, who breaks hism again in the sixth game and then win the second set 6-1.

In the third set Radek Stepanek seems to have recovered and the set is balanced. It’s only in the ninth game that Novak Djokovic manages to break the Czech and then wins the third set 6-4 winning the match bringing Serbia on 1-0 in the final.

Dusan Lajovic – Tomas Berdych

Dusan Lajovic starts the match well serving with confidence and manages to keep the pace of his more credited opponent, who instead make some mistakes. In the eighth game, however, the Serb makes two double faults and Tomas Berdych breaks him and then wins the first set 6-3.

In the second set Tomas Berdych plays without forcing, waiting for Dusan Lajovic’s mistakes and in the fifth game manages to break him. The Serb has no chance to break him back so the break is decisive for Berdych, who wins the second set 6-4.

In the third set Dusan Lajovic seems to suffer from the situation and Tomas Berdych breaks him in the first game. The Czech takes some risks going repeatedly on 0-30 in his service games but the Serb never exploits those situations. In the ninth game Berdych breaks Lajovic again to win the third set 6-3 to conquer the match and take the result of the final on 1-1.

Nenad Zimonjic / Ilija Bozoljac – Tomas Berdych / Radek Stepanek

The Czech couple start well and breaks Nenad Zimonjic in the first game. The Serbs try to react but in the seventh game Bozoljac loses his service game too and in the next game with Stepanek serving the Czechs win the first set 6-2.

In the second set Zimonjic loses his service game again in the first game. The Czechs are really solid while the Serbs are struggling, particularly Zimonjic. The initial break is decisive and in the tenth game with Berdych serving the Czechs win the second set 6-4.

In the third set the Serbs find consistency in their game and the match becomes balanced. In the sixth game for the first time the Serbs have a break point but Stepanek wins his service game for the Czechs. In the eleventh game the Czechs have two break points but Zimonjic manages to win his service game for the Serbs. They go to the tie-break, where the Serbs go ahead 2-1 but the Czechs recover the mini-break and they switch on 3-3. The Czechs go ahead on 5-3 and it’s the decisive mini-break because the Czechs win the last two points with Stepanek serving to win the tie-break 7-4 and win the match bringing Czech Republic 2-1 in the final.

Novak Djokovic – Tomas Berdych

Novak Djokovic starts the match with great aggressiveness and in the fourth game has two break points but Tomas Berdych wins his service game. In the eighth game the Serb has four break points but the Czech wins his service game again. In the tenth game, which lasted over 14 minutes, at the fourth set point Djokovic breaks Berdych to win the first set 6-4.

In the second set initially both players easily win their service games but in the ninth game Tomas Berdych has two break points but Novak Djokovic wins his service game. In the last games the set becomes more intense and it’s decided in the tie-break, where Berdych goes ahead 3-2, they switch on 4-2, the Serb recovers the mini-break, Berdych takes another lead on 5-4 but loses the next two points on his service and Djokovic closes the tie-break 7-5 to win the second set,

In the third set Novak Djokovic breaks Tomas Berdych in the first game. The Czech tries to react but can’t even have a break point and in the seventh game Djokovic breaks him again and then closes the third set 6-2, winning the match and bringing the situation in the final on 2-2.

Dusan Lajovic – Radek Stepanek

Radek Stepanek starts the match making some mistakes and Dusan Lajovic breaks him in the first game but is broken back in the second game and again in the fourth game. In the eighth game the Czech has four more break points which are also set points but the Serb wins his service gake. Stepanek closes the first set with his service 6-3.

In the second set Radek Stepanek breaks Dusan Lajovic in the first game and again in the third game. The Serb can’t oppose to the large variety of shots of the Czech and struggles to win his service game, in fact in the seventh game Stepanek breaks him again to close the second set 6-1.

In the third set Radek Stepanek breaks Dusan Lajovic in the fourth game. The Czech plays really well and now is in total confidence while the Serb now is suffering a punishment harsher than he deserves. Stepanek breaks Lajovic in again the sixth game before closing the third set 6-1 to win the match and the decisive point to win the Davis Cup final for Czech Republic 3-2.

Serbia was forced to play the final without the disqualified Troicki and without the injured Tipsarevic. Lajovic couldn’t be the savior of his country and after Djokovic proved he’s really a great player winning his two singles matches Serbia expected the decisive point from the doubles match, which instead lost, mainly due to Zimonjic. It’s clear that next year the Serbs will want to try again to win the Davis Cup.

After the great victory of last year, the Czech Republic made another great accomplishment confirming the title winning the Davis Cup final abroad. Berdych and Stepanek lost to Djokovic but won the doubles match, winning the decisive point for the victory. Already last year Stepanek looked too old to go on, now that he’s about to turn 35 it seems even more so but he used his enormous experience to contribute to the Czech victory. At this point it’s hard to tell what he can do next year but in the meantime he and his teammates will enjoy their new Davis Cup victory.

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