registerguard.com: Davis Cup, anyone?

t’s three days after Thanksgiving and a month until Christmas, and you know what that means this time of year in Oregon, right?Tennis time.

In November? In the Northwest?

Yep. This year, anyway.

That’s because the Davis Cup final — the Super Bowl of tennis tournaments — comes to Portland’s Memorial Coliseum on Friday. Television sets all around the world will be tuned in to the Rose City event.

It’s the United States vs. Russia. And if you didn’t get tickets to the three-day event that begins Friday, well, too bad. They sold out in 30 minutes when they went on sale Oct. 15.

Memorial Coliseum holds just under 13,000 people, and the only option was to buy tickets for all three days.

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