Davis Cup - Euro Africa Zone I - GBR v Ukraine 6-8 March 2009

Count Zero · Tennis legend

RE: Davis Cup - Euro Africa Zone I - GBR v Ukraine 6-8 March 2009

Drew · Mar 3, 2009

These guys should have their laptops taken off them !!!!!

steven · Tennis legend

An article about Ross, who's very positive about the new regime and the NTC http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23656567-details/No+sweat+for+Hutchins+as+he+takes+the+leading+role+in+Davis+Cup+bid/article.do - it also goes into some detail on the sweating problem that was allegedly the reason why he quit playing singles on a regular basis.

S&V · Club Coach

I love the whole underdog thing, part of being Scottish I assume lol

steven · Tennis legend

Rumour has it that JL was supposed to announce the 4th member of his team this afternoon but it got cancelled. The plot thickens ...

-- Edited by steven at 17:17, 2009-03-04

Count Zero · Tennis legend

this looks like a case for the curious orange

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Maybe Lloyd still hasn't decided on who out of Ward/Fleming he wants to add to his squad and wants another night to sleep on a decision or wants to see one more training session from the pair of them.

Or perhaps there is an injury to someone already in the squad that we don't know about and he wants to see how they are feeling tomorrow.

He'll have to make a decision tomorrow anyway, as that is when the draws are made.

Drew · Mar 4, 2009

Draw at 1130am but cant get to the pc.

steven · Tennis legend

Ties like this in the last 25 years

Here are some (hastily produced and quite probably error-filled) stats on previous ties where we didn't have a top 100 singles player - the full record (unless I've missed some last 1980s ties like this) can be seen at http://www.britishtennis.net/stats/dcnot100.htm but I'll paste the main points in here.

(N.B. "ties like this" means in the last 25 years with no top 100 singles player in the GB team)

Andrew Richardson (v Zimbabwe in 1997) was the last low-ranked Brit to win a live singles rubber v Byron Black WR 46. Strangely, he then lost to Byron's lower-ranked brother Wayne (WR 271) later in the tie, which we lost 4-1.

GB have not won a tie like this in the last 17 years, and not in the last 25 years without Jeremy Bates in the team. They have a W 3 L 8 record in ties like this in the last 25 years, but a W 3 L 3 record in ties like this outside the WG or WG QR/POs.

In all three wins, Jeremy Bates (who was in the top 100 at various other times) was playing and both singles players won at least one live rubber. However, in two of those cases, GBR had the highest ranked of the singles players and at least one opponent was ranked outside the top 500.

Only in Helsinki on carpet in 1989 did we win a tie like this with neither Brit in the top 150 and at least one opponent in the top 150.

We have a 0-8 record in ties like this played south of 52 degrees N ... but get this (again, assuming I haven't missed any ties like this in my haste (*)), we have a 3-0 record in DC ties like this played north of Watford! (Nottingham, Helsinki & Warsaw) wink

(*) I'll check it again later today

-- Edited by steven at 07:49, 2009-03-05

freerider · Futures level

north of watford hahaha

lets hope they dont move the tie to wimbledon for e aton's freinds' to come and support then!

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

According to the DC site, the GB team is Hutchins, Goodall, Eaton and Fleming.

mjd · Challenger qualifying

Madeline wrote:

According to the DC site, the GB team is Hutchins, Goodall, Eaton and Fleming.

http://www.daviscup.com/ties/tie.asp?tie=100012277

FRom both teams they only have a photo of Josh, where are the PR men?

Anyone found live draw link?

-- Edited by mjd at 10:41, 2009-03-05

Count Zero · Tennis legend

no draw?

The Hoose · Satellite level

R1 - J.GOODALL (GBR) v. I.MARCHENKO (UKR)
R2 - C.EATON (GBR) v. S.STAKHOVSKY (UKR)
R3 - C.FLEMING / R.HUTCHINS (GBR) v. S.BUBKA / S.STAKHOVSKY (UKR)
R4 - J.GOODALL (GBR) v. S.STAKHOVSKY (UKR)
R5 - C.EATON (GBR) v. I.MARCHENKO (UKR)

mjd · Challenger qualifying

BBC
.......................Josh Goodall will spearhead Britain's bid for Davis Cup victory against Ukraine after being drawn to play Ilya Marchenko in the opening singles match.

Hampshire's Goodall, the highest-ranked player on the GB team at 192, will be expected to beat the world number 224.
Their match will be followed by Chris Eaton against Ukraine number one Sergiy Stakovsky in the Euro/Africa Zone Group One tie at Glasgow's Braehead Arena. Surrey's Eaton (ranked 383) faces a big task against the world number 125.
Saturday's doubles rubber sees Ross Hutchins and Colin Fleming team up against Stakovsky and Sergei Bubka.
And Sunday's singles matches will be the reverse of Friday's rubbers, with Goodall again first up against Stakovsky.
Captain John Lloyd confirmed his four-man line-up on Thursday, with James Ward the man to miss out from the five who travelled to Glasgow.
Britain's world number four Andy Murray, the main draw for Scottish spectators, was ruled out of the tie after picking up a virus during the Dubai Open ...............

see Full Article

GB v Ukraine - Davis Cup Euro/Africa Zone tie

Friday, 6 March (play begins at 1200 GMT)

Josh Goodall v Ilya Marchenko

followed by:

Chris Eaton v Sergiy Stakovsky

Saturday, 7 March (play begins at 1300)

Colin Fleming/Ross Hutchins v Sergei Bubka/Sergiy Stakovsky

Sunday, 8 March (play begins at 1200)

Josh Goodall v Sergiy Stakovsky

followed by:

Chris Eaton v Ilya Marchenko

-- Edited by mjd at 21:26, 2009-03-05