Thanks to some wild doubles wins, Spain and Germany clinched the last two berths into the Davis Cup semifinals Friday in Bologna, Italy.

Spain took down fourth-seeded Czech Republic 2-1, while No. 2 seed Germany rallied to defeat Argentina by the same score in the other quarterfinal on Thursday.

Now the Spanish and German teams are set to face off in the semifinals of the single-elimination bracket of eight. Host nation and defending champion Italy is in the other semifinal and will play Belgium.

The finals of the international competition are Sunday.

On Thursday, Jakub Mensik got the Czech Republic on the board first by beating Pablo Carreno Busta 7-5, 6-4. Jaume Munar kept the Spaniards alive by sweeping Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 6-4.

For the first time in the final eight, it came down to t

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