Spain complete 5-0 whitewash in Davis Cup final

Spain lifted the Davis Cup for the second straight year after completing a 5-0 victory over the Czech Republic in the final.

Spain lifted the Davis Cup for the second straight year on Sunday after completing a 5-0 victory over the Czech Republic in the final.

Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer both won singles matches on Sunday at the Palau Sant Jordi to complete the sweep as Spain won for the fourth time since 2000 while becoming the first nation since Sweden in 1998 to retain the title. It may look like routine but I think to win the Davis Cup two years in a row is spectacular, said Spain captain Albert Costa,whose team beat Argentina in last years final. We need to talk about this a lot… we need to remember. Its important.

Spain had already clinched the best-of-five series with Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdascos doubles victory on Saturday. The second-ranked Nadal followed up by beating Jan Hajek 6-3 6-4 and Ferrer beat Lukas Dlouhy 6-4 6-2 on the indoor clay.

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The 102nd-ranked Hajek replaced Radek Stepanek for the meaningless match,and the 465th-ranked Dlouhy,a doubles specialist,replaced Tomas Berdych.

The weekend was a big success for Nadal,who arrived in poor form following a four-match losing streak. To finish the second half of the season with this ending is very important and nice,especially after all of the problems I had over those two months, said Nadal,who improved to 12-0 in Davis Cup singles matches on clay.

Spain has now won 18 straight Davis Cup ties at home stretching to 1999 and 20 straight on clay.