PORTLAND, Ore. -- The United States won its first Davis Cup since 1995 with a doubles victory over defending champion Russia on Saturday.
Leading 2-0 in the best-of-5 final, the Americans' powerful team of twins Bob and Mike Bryan cruised past Nikolay Davydenko and Igor Andreev 7-6 (7-4), 6-4, 6-2 to in a shade under two hours to seal the tie.
"No words can explain how we feel right now, except Woooooooo!" Mike Bryan exclaimed.
The once-dominant United States won its 32nd Davis Cup, and ended a 12-year drought, its longest span without a victory.
"To be here and to bring the Cup back to the States is just an amazing feeling," Andy Roddick said. "But more importantly, just to share the journey with these guys, it's been so much fun."
Captain Patrick McEnroe was asked if it was his best moment ever in tennis.
McEnroe started his reply: "It's not about me, it's about this whole group of guys ... " But he was interrupted by a jubilant Roddick.
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The U.S. had not taken the first three matches of a Davis Cup final since 1990 against Australia.
Roddick and James Blake got the U.S. off to a fast start on Friday, winning the opening singles at Memorial Coliseum.
With Roddick and Blake looking on, both doubles teams held serve through the first set, forcing the tiebreaker. When the United States took a 5-3 lead, Andreev slammed his racket to the court.
Andreev double-faulted on the twins' second set point, and the top-ranked duo celebrated with their familiar chest bump.
Andreev and Davydenko had partnered only once before as a doubles team in Davis Cup play, and often conferred over strategy. Davydenko, who came to the Davis Cup mired in an investigation into unusual betting patterns during a match in August, had played a doubles match only twice before this year.
