Davis Cup 2013 - World Group Playoff - Croatia v GB - 13-15 September

indiana · Tennis legend

RE: Davis Cup 2013 - World Group Playoff - Croatia v GB - 13-15 September

paulisi · Tennis legend

Agree that Italy away is just winnable with Andy.

Allan94 · Lower Club Player

paulisi wrote:
Looking at Steven's tweet, avoid the four away games. Everything else looks winnable.

With Andy I could see GB beating Italy and maybe the USA depending on surface but Spain would be a disaster as would Serbia with Djokovic playing although any of the home ties would be ok with Andy playing

Allan94 · Lower Club Player

indiana wrote:
Italy away is also very winnable ( even on clay as it certainly would be ) if Andy plays.

I agree we don't want Spain or Serbia away, nor the USA away with the Bryans playing.

I believe on a hard court Dan has got the beating of Querrey but not isner although it would probably come down to Andy having to win both singles and try and beat the Bryans with Colin

Julia Carrot · All-time great

It's Dan v Pavic. No stream.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Well done boys. Easy peasy. I felt Andy barely got out of second gear and was never really under threat.

RJA · Hall of fame

Evo took the first set 6-4 with a single break in the 10th game.

Jan · Hall of fame

just home - great news!
will have to catch up on all the happenings once we've had lunch!!

murrayman650 · ATP level

Evans win second set 7-6

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

And therefore the match, I assume. Dead rubbers are best of 3 aren't they?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Dan Evans ‏@Evo151216 16h

@JulienHoferlin you work for LTA stop tweeting about Belgium!!!!!! #unbelieavble

Julien Hoferlin ‏@JulienHoferlin 14m

Since Leon Smith took the team , GB won 7 ties , lost 1 .......obviously against Belgium ☺☺ #GreatRecord #DavisCup #WorldGroup #SorryLevel

Made me smile . . .

john · Top national player

USA would be a horrible matchup for us, in that they are one of the only countries where we are underdogs for the doubles. Also disagree that Dan has the beating of Querrey on a hard court. He'd have a chance, but he'd be quite a big underdog

philwrig · Hall of fame

Not bad eh !!

I believe this is just what Andy needed after the US open, something to focus on and he was highly motivated.
Next year he will play every match I have no doubt as well.

jenks · Social player

indiana wrote:
I see that Dan didn't get any ranking points for his win. Is this because it was a "dead" rubber ?

Yes. In some ways it was a shame as the 15 points Andy got would have been very handy to Dan!

-- Edited by jenks on Monday 16th of September 2013 11:03:55 AM

steven · Tennis legend

The new Davis Cup rankings are out - http://bit.ly/15xkPXH

Great Britain jump 12 places to 18th - our highest for about a decade, I think, since our last win against Croatia took us to 20. I don't have any records of our rankings pre-2005 but it may even be our highest position since the Davis Cup rankings began in 2001.