U.S. defeats Russia in the Davis Cup

For the first time since 1995, the U.S.A. tennis team won the Davis Cup. The once powerful United States team finally won this competition, taking 12 years to regain championship. Pete Sampras was last one who led U.S. to victory on clay at Russia. This time the U.S. was led by Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan. The doubles pair crushed the Russian doubles team of Nicolay Davydenko and Igor Andreev in 3 sets. On friday, the U.S. team got off to a fast start with Andy Roddick and James Blake by winning to the 2 single matches. The Russian pair of Andreev and Davydenko had only been partners once before as a doubles team in Davis Cup play. Davydenko, who came to the Davis Cup in the middle of an investigation into unusual betting patterns during a match in August, had played a doubles match only twice before this year.