Category Archives: Davis Cup
That’s Davis Cup For You
Davis Cup, Quarterfinals, Day One The first day of the 2012 Davis Cup World Group quarterfinals has concluded, and three of the four ties are balanced intriguingly at a rubber each. The other tie, involving Spain at home, has hardly … Continue reading
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That Hackneyed Show-Tune
Davis Cup, First Round Croatia d. Japan 3-2 Karlovic d. Soeda, 7/6 6/1 6/4 It wasn’t the only story to emerge from the first Davis Cup weekend of the year, but the big story was of big men playing big … Continue reading
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Tactics and Execution
Davis Cup, First Round Day One Fish d. Wawrinka, 6/2 4/6 4/6 6/1 9/7 Isner d. Federer, 4/6 6/3 7/6 6/2 Last year’s Davis Cup first round was as crushingly dull as it was predictable, or crushingly dull because it … Continue reading
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The Match of the Year 2011
Here are my top ten matches for the 2011 season, as I saw them. Lists such as this are inevitably skewed towards the top players, for reasons that should be more or less self-evident. First, the top players are at … Continue reading
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On Their Day, On Their Clay
Davis Cup, Final Day Three Nadal d. del Potro, 1/6 6/4 6/1 7/6 The final stroke of the 2011 tennis season was a forehand winner by Rafael Nadal, and it won the Davis Cup for Spain. Neither occurrence is especially … Continue reading
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Thrown Under The Hooves
Davis Cup, Final Day One Nadal d. Monaco, 6/1 6/1 6/2 Ferrer d. del Potro, 6/2 6/7 3/6 6/4 6/3 Juan Monaco, in what he himself declared to be the most important tennis match of his career, was thrashed by … Continue reading
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The F Bomb
Reasoning that tennis might well survive my inattention more or less intact, I had paid it little heed since the Tour Finals concluded last Sunday. Both the sport and I were doubtless better for it. Sadly, my indifference could not … Continue reading
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Suitably Absurd
World Group Semifinals Spain 4 – France 1 Argentina 3 – Serbia 2 The finalists for the 2011 Davis Cup have been decided, and Argentina will meet Spain, in Spain. That climactic tie is still several months away, in early … Continue reading
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Are You Not Entertained?
Davis Cup semifinals are upon us, as are the World Group playoffs, both promising a measure of redemption for a team event that has so far this year produced little excitement. Frankly, 2011 has been a bummer, but the ties … Continue reading
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On Paper…
Davis Cup, World Group Quarterfinals In the end, it all worked out more or less as expected, although sadly not as hoped-for. On paper, it appeared as though the Davis Cup World Group quarterfinals might produce some tight and exciting … Continue reading