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Russia won the Davis Cup
On Sunday, Russian Marat Safin won the Argentine athlete Jose Akasso in the match of the Davis Cup final, contributing to the Russian team. Safin won the sets 3: 1 (Gamema account 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 6: 3, 7: 6 (7: 5)), the official website of the tournament, whose finale was held in Moscow.
Earlier on Sunday, Mikhail Davydenko lost to David Nalbandan in four sets (account 2: 6, 2: 6, 6: 4, 4: 6). After this game, the final score was 2: 2. Safina’s victory decided the outcome of the tournament.
The owners of the Davis-2006 Cup were Marat Safin, Nikolai Davydenko, Dmitry Tursunov, Mikhail Yuzhny and the captain of the Russian team Shamil Tarpishchev.
This is the fourth final of the Davis Cup for Russia and the third in Moscow. In 1994 and 1995, in Moscow, the Russians lost to tennis players from the United States. In 2002, the Russian team won the Cup, defeating the French on their territory, in Paris.