Pat Cash scored a marathon victory over...

Pat Cash scored a marathon victory over Stefan Edberg, 13-11, 13-11, 6-4, today to lift Australia to a 1-0 lead over Sweden in the Davis Cup tennis final at Kooyong, Australia, near Melbourne. The match took 3 hours 45 minutes.

Sweden is trying to become the first team since the abolition of the challenge round 15 years ago to win the trophy three years in succession.