USA A-OK: 2017 Fed Cup champs
The United States are the 2017 Fed Cup winners, capturing the title for the 18th time, and for the first time since the year 2000.
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The USA team arrived in Minsk, Belarus to contest their first Fed Cup final since 2010. (Getty)
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Despite the absence of former World No.1 Victoria Azarenka, the young Belarussian team proved to be formidable foes. (Getty)
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World No.10 CoCo Vandeweghe kept her eye on the ball to kick off the tie with a two-set win over Aliaksandra Sasnovich. (Getty)
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US Open champion Sloane Stephens grabbed a hug from sympathetic captain Kathy Rinaldi after her close loss to Aryna Sabalenka on Day 1. (Getty)
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A raucous band of Team USA fans traveled all the way to Minsk to cheer on their athletes. (Getty)
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Vandeweghe put her team a match away from victory after another straight-set win, this time over Sabalenka. (Getty)
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Even though Rinaldi was proud of Stephens' fight, she could not hold onto a 5-2 third-set lead against Sasnovich in the fourth match. (Getty)
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The championship would come down to the decisive doubles match. Rinaldi teamed a rested and excited Shelby Rogers with Vandeweghe. (Getty)
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Steely 23-year-old Sasnovich and fiery 19-year-old Sabalenka combined to play all five matches for Belarus, and had two points to push the doubles into a third set. (Getty)
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In the end, though, Rogers and Vandeweghe came back from multiple second-set deficits to win the doubles, 6-3, 7-6(3). (Getty)
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Color her impressed: "American women are tough as nails!" Rinaldi exclaimed on court after the tie. (Getty)
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Vandeweghe becomes only the third player to post three wins during a final weekend since 1995. She's the first ever to collect eight wins throughout a single season. (Getty)
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"Champions": Team USA is victorious in the Fed Cup for the 18th time overall, and for the first time since the year 2000. (Getty)
