41.  The outcome saved the reputation of a backfield that had been much maligned leading up to the final match.

42.  The Swedes now need only one victory in the final three matches to defend their title and earn their seventh Davis Cup championship.

43.  The team is readying for their final likely inglorious match Thursday and we spend a day with them.

44.  The U.S. national team was in a comfort zone going into its final match in World Cup group play today.

45.  The trouble was, the final match that Roddick won in straight sets Sunday counted for nothing but pride.

46.  There are torrents of confetti when Gertrude weds Claudius, and a final fencing match on a scale that Rocky might envy.

47.  They resorted more to cut shots and dinks than kills in the final match.

48.  Thirty-three goals, including the winning Brazilian kick in the final match, came off of Reebok shoes, the company said in its post-World Cup promotions.

49.  Thrice-champion Boris Becker, former king of Centre Court, played his final match at Wimbledon on Wednesday, confirming his retirement after losing to Patrick Rafter.

50.  Winning cures many things, and the public will most likely be eager to embrace a team that wins the final Ryder Cup match of the century.