SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Oracle Team USA staved off elimination with two key wins over Emirates Team New Zealand Sunday in the 34th America's Cup Final.
Facing an 8-3 deficit entering the day, Team USA needed to win six straight races to rally for an improbable victory, and got two of them Sunday on San Francisco Bay.
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Nine points are needed to take the regatta.
In Race 14, the Americans led the entire way and notched a 23-second victory, and repeated the feat in Race 15, winning by 37 seconds after holding off a Kiwi charge on the second downwind leg.
Races 16 and (if necessary) 17 have been set for Monday.
