"We love playing on indoor hard," the world number 13 said. "We've had some of our best results there.

"I think for Andy and myself it's a great situation. We're feeling really good and we know we're going to have a raucous crowd on our side. And I think the Bryans could play on Pluto and still be the favourites."

The U.S. have not won the Davis Cup since 1995 when Pete Sampras led the team to victory over Russia on clay in Moscow.

Davis Cup finalists Russia and US

Venue: Memorial Coliseum

Surface: Indoor hard

RUSSIA

Team (player singles ranking in brackets):

Nikolay Davydenko (4)

Mikhail Youzhny (19)

Igor Andreev (33)

Dmitry Tursunov (34)

Captain: Shamil Tarpishchev

Best result: Winners 2002, 2006

First year played: 1962 (as Soviet Union)

Years played: 43

Ties played (W-L): 113 (75-38)

Years in world group (1981 onwards): 21 (24-17)

Most total wins: Alex Metreveli (80-25)

Most singles wins: Alex Metreveli (56-14)

Most doubles wins: Sergei Likhachev (24-9), Alex Metreveli (24-11)

Best doubles team: Sergei Likhachev & Alex Metreveli (18-7)

Most ties played: Alex Metreveli (38)

Most years played: Alex Metreveli (14)

2007 results:

First round: Beat Chile 3-2

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