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Brian Butch added 12 points, and freshman Kevin Gullikson scored all 10 of his points in the first half.
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Tom Gullikson, the Davis Cup captain from 1994-99, cites career priorities, personalities, and in at least one case, public reaction, for the empty cupboard.
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Tom Gullikson, who captained the last winning team in 1995 when a Sampras-led squad beat Russia on clay in Moscow, doesn't foresee an erosion of dedication.
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Noteworthy: The USA has won a record 31 Davis Cup titles, but the last came in 1995 (with Tom Gullikson as captain) in a victory against Russia.
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"These guys are real buddies," said Gullikson, who attended Saturday's clinching doubles match.
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"After putting in one of the most historic and heroic finals in Davis Cup history — winning two singles and doubles on clay away from home — when he came back nobody cared," recalls Gullikson.
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Noteworthy: The USA has won a record 31 Davis Cup titles, but the last came in 1995 (with Tom Gullikson as captain) in a victory against Russia.
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"Molding these fiercely competitive players into a team in one week is not easy to do," Gullikson says.
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Says Gullikson, Agassi was hot and cold, based on his schedule and what was going on in his personal life.
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The upshot: Gullikson was forced to "go begging" to a cast of "lone wolves" every year, and without Sampras or any of these four showing up consistently, the USA often did not field its A team.
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