In Sunday's final, the US kept up the astoundingly confident play, getting two early goals to lead 2-0 at the half.

在周日的决赛中，美国继续以惊人的自信应战，先进两球，上半场结束时以2：0领先。

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Playing in front of 72,546 wildly cheering partisan fans just 145-kilometers from their campus in East Lansing (Michigan), Michigan State jumped out to an early 9-2 lead and finished the first half with a 38-36 advantage.

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Gold was banned from Birmingham earlier this season, but was cleared to attend the tie, which West Ham lead 2-1.

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When Safin broke the Australian to lead 2-0 in the third set it looked all over for the world number one.

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Sharapova broke early against Schnyder to lead 2-1 but failed to convert three set points on her opponent's serve at 5-3.

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