Davis Cup - World Group playoff draw GB v Austria

steven · Tennis legend

Davis Cup - World Group playoff draw GB v Austria

mike55 · Lower Club Player

RE: Davis Cup - World Group playoff draw

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Good draws = Slovakia, Koria, Belgium, Peru
Okay draws = Australia, Israel, Romania
Bad draws = Croatia, Serbia

So there's a good chance we'll be in a position to get back into the world group then.

Serbia away would be a terrible draw as we wouldn't be able to beat them on a clay clay court, while Croatia would be tough would actually winnable if Murray wins all 3 ties.

Australia are a 1 man team in Hewitt, while Romania would play us on clay and Israel is not a good place to go and we'd probably need Baker/Boggo to win 1 rubber.

Slovakia would be a great draw, as would Korea or Peru (even though we'd have to play on clay if drawn away, I'd still back Baker/Boggo to do the job and we wouldn't need Murray), while Belgium would be easily beatable

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

The eight seeded nations are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Israel, Korea, Romania and Slovak Republic.

Which means.... we can't draw Serbia, but could have Austria at home instead which all things considered is a far better draw.

Drew · Apr 14, 2008

To update then....the 8 Seeds incl tie location, Ranking and the GB H2H

H Australia 10 - L 8/4
H Austria 15 - W 7/3
H Belgium 12 - W 7/3
A Croatia 5 - W 1/0
A Israel 16 - W 3/1
L Korea 13 - N/A
A Romania 14 - D 4/4
H Slovak Republic 8 - L 0/1

GB are now ranked 21

Any home tie and I will attend as usual.

mike55 · Lower Club Player

Therefore our possible opponents and venues would be:

Australia - Home
Austria - Home
Belgium - Home
Croatia - Away
Israel - Away
Korea - By lot
Romania - Away
Slovak Republic - Home

So slightly better than evens chance of it being a home draw.

steven · Tennis legend

I'm amazed the rankings changed so much that Serbia fell out of the seedings (it must be because they have won DC ties the last two Aprils, one of them away to us), but that's excellent news. It means there's now a slightly better than even chance of getting a good and/or home draw whereas with Serbia seeded, there was a slightly worse than even chance of either of those two things happening.

wolf · Tennis legend

The teams I would rather play in order: -

Korea
Slovak Republic
Belgium
Austria
Romania
Israel
Australia
Croatia

wolf · Tennis legend

It's Austria at home.

Australia (s)
v
Chile (c)

Austria (s)
v
Great Britain (c)

Belgium (s)
v
Switzerland (c)

Croatia (s)(c)(*)
v
Brazil

Israel (s)(c)(*)
v
Peru

Korea (s)
v
Netherlands (c)(*)

Romania (s) (c)
v
India

Slovak Republic (s)(c)
v
Serbia

seagull · Hall of fame

Nice one - settle for that

Count Zero · Tennis legend

not so bad imo, if boggo or baker can find some grass court form (or if boggo can fidnt he right end of hsi racquet to start with!) then we have a good chance. murray should win both ties. doubles will be tight.

seagull · Hall of fame

Same 3 days as Ryder Cup..should be good!!

seagull · Hall of fame

Jamie murray playing Knowle/Melzer at the moment!!

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

It could've been much worse. I think we have a good chance with that draw.

wolf · Tennis legend

Singles: Koubek (61), Melzer (74), Eschauer (122), Koellerer (156), Marach (164), Peya (193)
Doubles: Knowle (8), Marach (41), Peya (62), Melzer (65)

Also John Lloyd committed to being captain until 2011. http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/GeneralNews/GeneralNews2008/080416GBDrawAustria.htm?BSMGuid=771a5104-bc4b-454b-b875-a4adb45c240c