The USA won their 32nd Davis Cup title on Sunday – well actually it was on Saturday, when the Bryan brothers comfortably defeated Igor Andreev and Nikolay Davydenko in straight sets to give the States an unassailable 3-0 lead.

The key match in the tie proved to be James Blake’s victory over Mikhail Youzhny in the second singles. In a battle exceeding the three hour mark Blake held his nerve and produced possibly a career defining win, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-7(3), 7-6(3). “I got to say this is probably my biggest win. No, I’m not going to say probably, I’m going to say this is the biggest win of my career. I wanted to prove that I was tough enough to hang in a tough situation, in a big match, in a final that I’ve never even been in before.”

Blake continued, “I think Davis Cup is the greatest thing about our sport. The team camaraderie that we have is something that I’ll never forget. I don’t know if we would have that if it wasn’t for Davis Cup,” said Blake at the final press conference before revealing that the team had received a congratulatory text message from Pete Sampras.

So the twelve year drought comes to an end, but one can be certain that the American public will be expecting the team to retain the title next year. We wait in anticipation.