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Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek won Saturday's doubles to give the Czech Republic a 2-1 lead in their Davis Cup semifinal against Argentina.
The two 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.
Berdych is to face Juan Martin del Potro in the first match with Stepanek playing Juan Monaco.
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Argentina is trying to reach its fifth Davis final. It has lost a record four finals, including last year against Spain. The Czechs won team tennis' top prize playing as Czechoslovakia in 1980.
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