1.  But after winning the decisive match against Fernando Meligeni in the first round of the Davis Cup in Brazil, he has regained his edge.

2.  Except for Tampa Bay, the home teams capitalized on their home-field advantage in the second game and have the edge in the decisive match.

3.  Safin then pushed Jim Courier to five sets before losing the decisive match.

4.  The decisive match then was fierce, and the club turned inward after that.

5.  Pete Sampras defaulted because of an injury in the next to last singles and Magnus Larsson clinched it by beating Todd Martin in the decisive match.

6.  After being held scoreless in the first two games, Paraguay exploded with three goals in its decisive match against Nigeria.

7.  Boris Becker, who was idle Thursday, plays Yevgeny Kafelnikov in another decisive match.

8.  But the Aussies were at a disadvantage in the decisive match.

9.  For three days, both countries have wanted the referee for the decisive match to be from their own country.

10.  Halard then came right back to play in the doubles and help win the decisive match.