BBC SPORT: Roddick victory sends US to final

Doubles specialist Bjorkman was a last-minute replacement for Thomas Johansson, and he never threatened the Roddick, who fired 16 aces.

Roddick’s 6-2 7-6 6-4 win gave the US an unassailable 3-1 lead and they will now meet defending champions Russia in the final.

“It’s moments like these you put in time practising for,” said Roddick.

Russia reached their their second successive Davis Cup final after Igor Andreev beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 3-6 6-0 6-3 in the fifth and deciding rubber on Sunday, giving the champions a 3-2 win over Germany.

Andreev, 24, clinched the semi-final tie on his fourth match point after two hours 39 minutes.

Kohlschreiber double-faulted on break point in the eighth game to lose the first set but broke the Russian in the sixth game of the second with a powerful backhand down the line to even the contest.

But the German began to tire as the match wore on.

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