It gave Spain a 3-1 vinthey in the best-of-five-match competition.
The final will be his forty-sixth game of the 64-match competition.
If anything, governmental pursuit of gambling revenues is intensifying, as states increasingly feel the need to expand and diversify to match "competition" from their neighbors.
At the same time, formerly world-leading companies such as Sharp, Sony and Panasonic are in crisis, unable to match competition from South Korea, China and elsewhere.
History is on Spain's side in the three-of-five-match competition as it seeks its first Davis Cup title.
Sylvia Moss, Alex Ornstein, Sue Picus, Judi Radin and Barry Rigal, together with Jeff Ferro of Santa Monica, Calif., won the Mixed Team Championship, a board-a-match competition, on the final day.
The Slovaks won both singles in the Canary Islands to take an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the three-of-five-match competition.
James Blake and Mardy Fish would clinch the three-of-five-match competition for the United States if they beat Beck and Kroslak in doubles Saturday.
Mardy Fish, the top-ranked American, who has found a second wind at 29, said there was no substitute for match competition in preparing for a Grand Slam event.
"For now, everyone thinks the same way," Corretja said after defeating Jan-Michael Gambill in four sets and giving Spain a 2-0 lead Friday in the three-of-five-match competition.
