OSTRAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC: Mikhail Kukushkin won the deciding fifth rubber that sealed a historic win for World Group new boys Kazakhstan. Earlier on the final day, Andrey Golubev drew the visitors level with Czech Republic by beating world No. 7 Tomas Berdych.
The full results are listed below:
R1: Andrey Golubev (KAZ) d. Jan Hajek (CZE) 76(4) 67(3) 16 76(4) 63
R2: Tomas Berdych (CZE) d. Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 76(5) 62 63
R3: Tomas Berdych / Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) d. Evgeny Korolev / Yuriy Schukin (KAZ) 64 64 76(4)
R4: Andrey Golubev (KAZ) d. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 75 57 64 62
R5: Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) d. Jan Hajek (CZE) 64 67(4) 76(8) 60