Hosts the United States snatched their 32nd Davis Cup title, the
first in 12 years, when their doubles due Bob and Mike Bryan sealed
the victory for their country with a 3-0 lead over defending
champions Russia in the best-of-five final on Saturday in Portland,
Oregon.
World number one pair the Bryan twins subdued their rivals
Nikolay Davydenko and Igor Andreev with a score of 7-6 (7-4), 6-4,
6-2, giving their team the third and deciding point of the
final.
On Friday, the top two singles from the hosts Andy Roddick and
James Blake had delivered the United States a 2-0 lead when Roddick
topped Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 and Blake edged Mikhail
Youzhny 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-3).
It's the first champion for the United States since their
triumph over Russia in Moscow in 1995 and they extended their
leading title records to 32 in the annual international
competition, the most titles won in history.
Australia now ranks second with 28 victories in Davis Cup while
France and Britain rank third with nine titles apiece to their
belt.
The Bryans met strong resistance in the first set from Davydenko
and Andreev, who were playing together for the first time since
April. Neither team surrendered a service break in the set, but in
the tie-breaker the Bryans took six of the seven points as they
were left behind at 3-1.
In the following two sets, the Bryans gave no chances to their
rivals to break their serving games, breaking the Russians in the
opening game of the second and their second and fourth game in the
third set.
(Xinhua News Agency December 2, 2007)