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Bryans lead US to Davis Cup triumph over Russia
Published on Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 16:58 in 
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TITLE TRIUMPH: The once-dominant United States had not won the Davis Cup in 12 years.
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The best-of-five final was a culmination of a year's worth of international competition. Sunday's reverse singles will be shortened to best-of-three sets because the US has already clinched the title.
Both Davis Cup teams include the same players from the semifinals, when the United States beat Sweden 4-1 and Russia defeated Germany 3-2.
The United States last hosted the Davis Cup final in 1992, in Fort Worth, Texas. Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Pete Sampras and John McEnroe defeated Switzerland.
Hours before Saturday's match, members of the Russian team played an impromptu soccer game on the court, using folding chairs as goals, and appeared loose.
Some were surprised when Russia's captain Shamil Tarpischev left fourth-ranked Davydenko out of the singles matches — setting up the first match between Roddick and Tursunov.
Tarpischev had until an hour before Saturday's match to change his doubles team, but he left it alone.
"They're just much better doubles players," Andreev said afterward about the Bryans.
Davydenko is at the center of an investigation into betting patterns during a loss to Martin Vassallo Arguello of Argentina in August.
Betfair, an online gambling company, voided all bets on the match after unusually large amounts were wagered on the lowly ranked Argentine throughout the contest in Poland, even after he lost the first set 6-1. Davydenko retired with an injury in the third set.
Davydenko denies the allegations.
Memorial Coliseum, which seats about 12,800, had hosted two previous Davis Cup events, in 1981 and 1984, both US semifinal victories over Australia.
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