AUSSIES DOMINATE DOUBLES AMERICANS NEED SINGLES WIN TODAY FINAL Edition

Pete Sampras and anybody. It was the Davis Cup doubles combination the Australians feared most, even if the anybody happened to be Todd Martin, the very guy who fainted away on the well-scrubbed steps of the nation's Capitol during the draw ceremony on Thursday. Martin was revived with intraven...

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Published inSun-sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Main Author ROBIN FINN New York Times
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Fort Lauderdale Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 21.09.1997
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WASHINGTON
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Summary:Pete Sampras and anybody. It was the Davis Cup doubles combination the Australians feared most, even if the anybody happened to be Todd Martin, the very guy who fainted away on the well-scrubbed steps of the nation's Capitol during the draw ceremony on Thursday. Martin was revived with intravenous rehydration that afternoon, rested on Friday while Sampras and Michael Chang staked the United States to a 2-0 lead with two redemptive singles victories, and backed up an inspired Sampras Saturday in what turned out to be a last-gasp effort by Australia to prolong this much-anticipated Davis Cup semifinal.