Davis Cup - Chris Eaton vs. Sergiy Stakhovksy

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Davis Cup - Chris Eaton vs. Sergiy Stakhovksy

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Stakhovsky to serve - 0-0

0-15 - fh long
15-15 - bh volley winner
30-15 - bh return netted
40-15 - wild fh into the back fence
Game Stakhovsky - fh return wide

Stakhovsky leads 1-0

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Eaton to serve - 0-1

0-15 - DF
0-30 - bh volley wide
15-30 - fh volley winner
30-30 - bh pass is netted
30-40 - s/v, but nets the bh volley
Game Stakhovsky - fh volley not good enough and then misses the fh volley

Stakhovsky leads 2-0

Oh dear...

Count Zero · Tennis legend

is anyone else worried this could get embarrassing?

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Stakhovsky to serve - 2-0

15-0 - unreturnable serve
15-15 - fh return winner
30-15 - good bh volley and bh pass netted
40-15 - bh return netted
Game Stakhovsky - bh return long

Stakhovsky leads 3-0

James · Satellite level

Surely it's a crime against humanity to allow Greg Rusedski & Andrew Castle to firstly, commentate and secondly, do so together! I'm annoyed with their contrived and 'out of the loop' views already!!! bleh

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Eaton to serve - 0-3

15-0 - lovely bh dropvolley
30-0 - bh drive volley is long
30-15 - bh volley netted
40-15 - great bh dropvolley
Game Eaton - bh return netted

Stakhovsky leads 3-1

mjd · Challenger qualifying

Already more net approaches than the last match

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Stakhovsky to serve - 3-1

0-15 - great bh passing shot
15-15 - wild fh error
30-15 - bh pass is netted
40-15 - Ace
Game Stakhovsky - fh return long

Stakhovsky leads 4-1

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

As expected though, wih Eaton a pure serve/volleyer and Stakhovsky an attacking player who likes to get to the net a lot.

And I guess he's seen Eaton's groundstrokes so realises that he can get to the net easily and not be too worried

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Eaton to serve - 1-4

15-0 - Ace
15-15 - fh return winner
30-15 - fh return wide
40-15 - bh return netted
Game Eaton - fh pass is netted

Stakhovsky leads 4-2

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Stakhovsky to serve - 4-2

15-0 - stretch volley is netted after a good bh pass
15-15 - great bh pass on the run and Stak nets the volley
30-15 - fh return is just long
40-15 - unreturnable serve
Game Stakhovsky - bh return long

Stakhovsky leads 5-2

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Eaton to serve - 2-5

15-0 - Ace
30-0 - Ace
30-15 - bh volley is netted
40-15 - bh return is netted
40-30 - great bh lob winner after a short bh volley
Deuce - DF
Adv Stakhovsky - fh volley netted
Deuce - bh return netted
Adv Stakhovsky - bh volley netted
Deuce - good smash and then fh slice winner
Adv Eaton - smash winner
Game Eaton - fh return wide

Stakhovsky leads 5-3

Greg talking about Eaton's serve, saying that it isn't being placed well enough to trouble Stakhovsky, which is a good point to make.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Stakhovsky to serve - 5-3

15-0 - smash winner
30-0 - bh return is long
30-15 - chip charge and bh pass is wide
40-15 - Ace
40-30 - bh return winner
Set Stakhovsky - bh return is long

Stakhovsky leads 6-3

steven · Tennis legend

Chris seems to be doing his best, but sadly that's not going to be good enough.