Czech Republic clinch first Fed Cup title

Kveta Peschke and Lucie Hradecka beat Maria Kirilenko and Elena Vesnina 6-4, 6-2 in the decisive doubles to give the Czech Republic a 3-2 win over Russia in the Fed Cup final on Sunday, clinching the country's first title as an independent nation.

Earlier, Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova prevailed over Svetlana Kuznetsova 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the first match of the day to put the Czechs within a point of claiming their first Fed Cup crown after they split from Slovakia in 1993.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who replaced Kirilenko after the latter's straight-set loss to Kvitova on Saturday, overpowered Czech number two Lucie Safarova 6-2, 6-4 in the second reverse singles to pull the hosts level at 2-2.

The Czechs' last triumph came when, playing as Czechoslovakia, they beat the former Soviet Union 2-1 in the 1988 final.

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