LONDON (AP) Serbia will host France in an all-European Davis Cup final in December after the Serbs rallied to beat the Czech Republic 3-2 on Sunday.
Serbia, which was trailing 2-1 after Saturday's doubles, was able to tie the best-of-five series when Novak Djokovic defeated Tomas Berdych 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in Sunday's first match.
Janko Tipsarevic then secured Serbia's first appearance in a Davis Cup final by beating Radek Stepanek 6-0, 7-6 (6), 6-4 in the deciding match.
France had already qualified for the Dec. 3-5 final by taking an unassailable 3-0 lead in Saturday's doubles. It completed a 5-0 rout on Sunday.
United States 3, Colombia 1=
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Mardy Fish defeated Santiago Giraldo 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 8-6 to give the United States an insurmountable 3-1 lead over Colombia in the Davis Cup.
Winning the playoff match on outdoor red clay means the U.S. will remain in the World Group, the top tier of the Davis Cup. Colombia was trying to qualify for the first time.
Fish also became the first American to win three times in a single Davis Cup match since Pete Sampras in the 1995 final in Moscow. Fish won in Friday's opening singles and teamed up with John Isner to win the doubles on Saturday.
Ryan Harrison was scheduled to play the final match for the United States, but it wouldn't have affected the outcome and was canceled due to a late rainstorm.
Sweden 3, Italy 2=
LIDKOPING, Sweden (AP) - Robin Soderling and Simone Bolelli won in straight sets to help Sweden defeat Italy 3-2 and remain in the World Group
Italy captain Corrado Barazzutti chose Bolelli over Potito Starace to face Soderling, who won 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 to preserve the victory. Bolelli had defeated Soderling last spring.
India 3, Brazil 2=
CHENNAI, India (AP) - Rohan Bopanna defeated Ricardo Mello 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-3 in the final singles to complete a remarkable comeback by India and keep its place in the World Group.
It was the first time that India, which has been playing in the Davis Cup since 1921, has come back to win a match after being 0-2 down.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi started the comeback by winning the doubles on Saturday. Somdev Devvarman then made it 2-2 in the first of the reverse singles with a 7-6(3) 4-0 victory over Thomaz Bellucci, who conceded the match after being overcome by dehydration.
Kazakhstan 5, Switzerland 0=
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) - Playing in its first Davis Cup playoff, Kazakhstan surprised the Swiss to reach the World Group over a team missing Roger Federer.
Andrey Golubev won all three of his matches without dropping a set. He defeated Michael Lammer 6-3, 6-2, while Mikhail Kukushkin beat Marco Chiudinelli 6-2, 6-4 on Sunday.
Romania 5, Ecuador 0=
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Victor Crivoi and Adrian Ungur finished off a sweep for Romania, allowing it to rejoin the World Group for the 16th time in its 68-year Davis Cup history.
Victor Hanescu and Adrian Ungur won on Friday to start things off, then Hanescu teamed with Horia Tecau to lock up the match in doubles on Saturday.
Germany 5, South Africa 0=
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) - Andreas Beck and Izak van der Merwe won in straight sets, and Flroia Mayer defeated Rik de Voest to complete a Davis Cup rout for Germany.
South Africa was trying to return to the World Group for the first time since 1998.
Austria 3, Israel 2=
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Jurgen Melzer and Martin Fischer helped Austria rally past Israel and into the World Group for the Davis Cup.
Melzer defeated Dudi Sela 6-3, 6-0, 6-4, while Fischer beat Harel Levy 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-3 in the deciding singles match. The two teams split their opening singles matches on Friday, and Andy Ram teamed with Jonathan Erlich to give Israel the lead after Saturday's doubles.