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

john · Top national player

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

Drew · Sep 25, 2008

john wrote:

RedCabbage wrote:

Brighton Centre!!

Seriously, though...if we played the Murray boys and Jamie Baker in Glasgow it would put paid to any media accusations of lack of support!

Really? What makes you say that? The atmosphere in Glasgow was rubbish last time. Birmingham against Netherlands was probably best DC atmosphere in years

John is right the atmosphere was poor in Glasgow but that should not mean they dont get another chance. Birmingham was good. I dont mind where but have a preference for the NEC.

RedCabbage · Club Coach

john wrote:

RedCabbage wrote:

Brighton Centre!!

Seriously, though...if we played the Murray boys and Jamie Baker in Glasgow it would put paid to any media accusations of lack of support!

Really? What makes you say that? The atmosphere in Glasgow was rubbish last time. Birmingham against Netherlands was probably best DC atmosphere in years

I was working under the assumption that the partisan Scots crowd would inject a degree of liveliness. Certainly when I was at Wimbledon it was the travelling Caledonians that made the most noise. Perhaps it wouldn't be like that in practice - you tend to attract more of the less vociferous punters when the event is in your own back yard.

DJ · County player

John is right the atmosphere was poor in Glasgow but that should not mean they dont get another chance. Birmingham was good. I dont mind where but have a preference for the NEC.

Come on, admit it, Brown! You have an ulterior motive, exchanging the fleshpots of Crieff for those of south Birmingham for the weekend.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i think his motive is getting some time free from the missus

Drew · Sep 26, 2008

Count Zero wrote:

i think his motive is getting some time free from the missus

What kind of low life do you think I am...abandoning the wife and 2 kids down in Birmingham for 3-4 days....just for tennis ???

Bring it on !!! wink

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Jet Ski poised to mount a DC comeback?

* Whoops! I guess this can be deleted - didn't realise there was already a separate thread!

-- Edited by Stircrazy at 12:22, 2008-09-29

steven · Tennis legend

Sorry, I probably should have put that bit of news here to be honest.

Drew · Sep 29, 2008

Neil Harman writing in the times online WRITES :

"Could Greg Rusedski be about to amaze us all once more and extend his record of most years played by any British competitor in the Davis Cup to 14? He may have just passed his 35th birthday and have retired from the competition 17 months ago, but there are strong indications that Rusedski would be keen to present himself as a member of the squad for the tie against Ukraine next March.

What seems far-fetched on the surface is not so incredible when the idea is seriously thought through. Rusedski is said to have been dismayed at the disharmony and aggravation that effectively ended Britain's hopes of defeating Austria in the world group relegation play-off at Wimbledon last weekend. He believes he is as fit now as he was when he stepped away from the event after the home victory over Holland at Birmingham's NEC in April 2007 and that he could hold his own in one five-set match.

John Lloyd, the captain, is already talking about not picking a designated doubles team - his choice of Jamie Murray and Ross Hutchins for the pivotal match against Austria backfired - and would therefore select three singles players and one doubles specialist."

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I am more interested in the part where Lloyd is perhaps not going to pick a doubles pair. That does make sense.

So depending on who is the highest ranked doubles player at the time must surely be picked for the Ukraine tie. Realistically Jamie or Ross.

3 singles players....Andy and two others of course.

Picking Greg for the bench to whoop it up is a great idea and it would certainly give the Rusedski girls an excuse to don the Union Jack once more and raise the roof. Picking him as a player has so many negatives its scary.

steven · Tennis legend

Shall we keep this discussion here and let the thread I ill-advisedly set up yesterday about Rusedski and DC slowly die? wink

The Telegraph is more realistic (if a bit nasty) about this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/daviscup/3104475/Greg-Rusedski-skating-on-thin-ice-over-Davis-Cup-dreams-Tennis.html

Drew · Sep 30, 2008

Sorry Steven I was posting here initially about Lloyds take on not picking a dubs pair...just got carried away !

steven · Tennis legend

Don;'t worry, that wasn't meant to be a dig at you - I should have posted all the stuff about Greg's possibly involvement in here in the first place instead of setting up a new thread. If the issue comes up again in any form over the next few months, I imagine this thread will still be easy to find but the other one will have long disappeared from view!

Count Zero · Tennis legend

Greg has come out and denied the reports.

steven · Tennis legend

LOL - perhaps we ought not to mention which "tabloid" the original report first appeared in.

Still, it got us talking, I suppose.

Drew · Oct 24, 2008

Davis Cup to be held in Glasgow...

Dam I really wanted this down south...for purely get-away-from-the-wife-and-kids reason.

http://www.theherald.co.uk/sport/headlines/display.var.2460782.0.davis_cup_tie_set_for_braehead_arena.php

This says its still to be signed off but apparently in another scottish paper it said it was confirmed.