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indiana wrote:

Headache time for Davis Cup selection, seeing Baker and Ward on grass.

But I said before and I'll say it again I would always have had that tie on hard courts rather than grass.



maybe they will quickjly concrete over Eastborune

havign said that ilhan totally self destrcuted at qualies here so who knows.



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The Davis Cup tie shouldn't be too much of an issue given that the level of play from Baker and Ward today would be comfortably good enough to beat the Turkish number two, and Flemski should win the doubles as well.

Disappointing game from Ward to lose the break, but still has a decent chance if he can keep his level up.

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Will you be wearing the cloak? I'll look out for you when the camera pans to the crowd.



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Is it right that Boggo said he will defo not play DC Count?

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ForeverDelayed wrote:

The Davis Cup tie shouldn't be too much of an issue given that the level of play from Baker and Ward today would be comfortably good enough to beat the Turkish number two, and Flemski should win the doubles as well.

Disappointing game from Ward to lose the break, but still has a decent chance if he can keep his level up.


I think a weak Turkish number 2 that prefers grass more than these two could cause more of a stir than you think

 



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Yes, you're probably right FD unless the Turkish No 2 displays an unexpected aptitude for grass.

Still, grass struck me as the convenience choice rather than the safest, least problematic ( as far as the DC tie goes ) choice.

-- Edited by indiana on Monday 7th of June 2010 02:15:27 PM

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Ginepri just hitting his groundies at the same boring pace

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spud wrote:

Is it right that Boggo said he will defo not play DC Count?



i dont belive he has said that to the press yet Spud so its not 100% but right now i'd say it unlikey he will play.



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C*ap from Wardy unfortunately!

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Count Zero wrote:

spud wrote:

Is it right that Boggo said he will defo not play DC Count?



i dont belive he has said that to the press yet Spud so its not 100% but right now i'd say it unlikey he will play.


Leon's gonna have to whip out the persuasive techniques me thinks.

I dont want to be going into this tie with Baker,Ward and Flemski. We need a bit more, especially if its on grass.

 



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Ginepri up 6-3 *6-5

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Match Points

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Nice running pass from Wardy

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indiana wrote:

Yes, you're probably right FD unless the Turkish No 2 displays an unexpected aptitude for grass.

Still, grass struck me as the convenience choice rather than the safest, least problematic ( as far as the DC tie goes ) choice.

-- Edited by indiana on Monday 7th of June 2010 02:15:27 PM


The Turkish number two has never played on grass and hasn't won a match this year.

The Turkish number three has never played on grass and his two wins this year were against unranked players.

The Turkish number four has never played on grass and has only beaten one ranked player this year.

None of them have played a tournament outside of Turkey since 2008.

None of this suggests that any of them have some kind of hidden grass court talent that we don't know about, or are dramatically underranked, or should pose a problem for pretty much all of the GB top 25.

 



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Loses 6-3 7-5.

Not the right game plan for grass from both James and Jamie on the day. They both needed to be more aggressive and really pressure the opponent on every point. The occasional rush to the net maybe, keep the player guessing.

Its so annoying to see that they both won probably all the points when they hit a volley!

Unfortunately for them, i think grass, against this level is a hard ask and they tried their hardest but were well short.

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