FORMER US Open champion Andy Roddick has hailed the United States’ first Davis Cup victory in 12 years as one of the greatest moments of his career.
The triumph ended the country’s longest drought since the tournament began in 1900 and stretched the United States’ winning streak to six in Davis Cup finals on home soil since 1973.
"It’s been a long road. To be here and bring the cup back to the States is an amazing feeling," said Roddick.
"But more important, just to share the journey with these guys, it’s just been so much fun. We have been the ultimate team and it’s an honour to be a part of that."
World No 6 Roddick, who won his only grand slam title in 2003, and Blake had already beaten Dmitry Tursunov and Mikhail Youzhny in the singles on Friday before the Bryans, winners of five grand slam titles together, took their Davis Cup record to 14-1 with a 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 6-2 victory over Igor Andreev and Nikolay Davydenko.
"The Davis Cup probably doesn’t get as much recognition as it should," Roddick continued.
"It wasn’t really a seven, eight-year process to try to win the US Open, all of a sudden I was on tour and it happened before it knew it.
“But this has been a journey. Like Patrick said on court, we’ve been to some places. When you’re just with these guys we developed friendships. There’s so much that goes into this.
Source: icwales
