The Sports Network: U.S. captures first Davis Cup title in 12 years

The mighty twin Bryan bothers, Bob and Mike, won Saturday’s doubles rubber at the 2007 Davis Cup final, as the United States captured its first title in this event in 12 years by establishing an insurmountable 3-0 lead over the 2006 World Group champion Russians in the best-of-five tie. The Bryans, the top-ranked doubles team in the world, defeated a Russian duo of Igor Andreev and Nikolay Davydenko 7-6 (7-4), 6-4, 6-2 to spark an American celebration at Portland’s Memorial Coliseum. The five-time major doubles champion Bryans are now a dominant 13-1 in their career Davis Cup doubles encounters.

The U.S. now owns a record 32 Davis Cup titles and ended its longest-ever drought without a championship in this prestigious event, which started in 1900, with a title by the Americans.

The Bryans topped Andreev-Davydenko in 1 hour, 56 minutes with the help of three service breaks, compared to zero breaks for the game Russian tandem.

There were no breaks of serve in the opening set here on Day 2, as the Bryans needed to win it via tiebreak. They were able to close out the first set on their second set point when Andreev came up with an untimely double fault.

In the second set, the fired up Bryans broke to open the stanza and then held their serve throughout to grab a commanding two-sets-to-love advantage.

The 29-year-old Bryans simply rolled in the third set, as they broke for a 2-1 lead and broke again for a big 5-2 advantage. The twins served out the rubber by converting on their first match point, as a smash from Bob at the net flew over the heads of the Russians. The American bench, led by Andy Roddick, James Blake and captain Patrick McEnroe, emptied for an on-court celebration, as fireworks exploded and red, white and blue streamers fell from the ceiling.

“This is one of our greatest moments,” Roddick said.

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