Davis Cup 2014 - World Group Round 1 - 31 Jan-2 Feb - USA v GB

RJA · Hall of fame

RE: Davis Cup 2014 - World Group Round 1 - 31 Jan-2 Feb

RJA · Hall of fame

Meanwhile we moved up from 30th to 18th smile

indiana · Tennis legend

Ah, so no away trip to Italy then.

steven · Tennis legend

KAZ keeping ITA out of 8th place is good news, I think - it means a 50% chance of a home tie, and even KAZ away would probably be preferable to ITA away on clay at that time of year (if not perhaps for fans making the trip!), though either would have been good draws given the other possibilities!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Hmmm. "Bob in Kazakhstan". Think I had better get my car serviced !!

korriban · Challenger level

Bob in Spain wrote:
Hmmm. "Bob in Kazakhstan". Think I had better get my car serviced !!

Bob. Glad you made it back safely and that you were able to enjoy the atmosphere first hand. I was very impressed with the location - looks like a great holiday destination. Local crowd certainly seemed to enjoy themselves without it ever coming across as anything nastier than being patriotic. The Croats seemed to take defeat with good grace in the end.

I'd love to have a tie against France at home personally.

Spectator · All-time great

Road trip from Brazil to the US? (Probably not the safest drive, but would be fascinating).

Paulisi, I'm fairly certain that the Bryan brothers have retired from mixed doubles, which may be what you are recalling ... but they've given no indication of retiring from doubles in the immediate future.

Wouldn't be wholly surprised if US put the tie on clay. Not necessarily our team's favourite surface, but Isner (while favouring hard courts) has done quite well on it, and the Bryans ... well, winning Madrid, Rome and RG this year rather speaks for itself. Then again, they did lose on US clay to Murray and Peers ....

-- Edited by Spectator on Wednesday 18th of September 2013 02:01:18 PM

steven · Tennis legend

GB play USA away in R1

steven · Tennis legend

Potential GB route to the title:

R1: USA away
QF: ARG home or ITA away
SF: perhaps SRB away
FI: perhaps ESP away

We like a challenge

korriban · Challenger level

steven wrote:
GB play USA away in R1

Oh no! The one possible match-up where we wouldn't be strong favourites in the doubles. Which means Mr Evans will need to win at least 1 match (probably Querrey) for us to stand any chance. Possible, yes - but unlikely.

But at least it should be on hardcourts. And at least we avoided Spain away on clay!

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Dan's at his best in USA so miracles WILL happen

john · Top national player

Who's up for a trip stateside?

spud · Challenger qualifying

USA struggling for singles players at the moment, I think its a pretty decent draw. (The only thing being the nasty doubles rubber)

Querrey and Isner are just serves and forehands, Evans should have a good chance against either of them if he can make a lot of returns and will definitely frustrate the tall guys with his slice.

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

as great as the bryans are, we can obviously still win the doubles, all to play for

indiana · Tennis legend

Accepting the limitations of the US singles players, partucularly Querrey, I would still actually say that the doubles offers the best chance of the 3rd win. The Bryans are beatable by a very good pair, sometimes...