Davis Cup 2015 - World Group Final - 27th-29th November

indiana · Tennis legend

RE: Davis Cup 2015 - World Group Final - 27th-29th November

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Time to re-focus :)
6-3, 6-1, 2-6, 0*-0

indiana · Tennis legend

Big *15-30 point that in an important first game of the set Open court to get to *15-40 and so tight from Goffin.

1-0*

TMH · Futures qualifying

It all seems to be getting away from him now.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Well Kyle not playing as well now, but it's a belgium banker, so I'm not too worried. At the very least goffin's going to be taken to five and at best we've got a free rubber.
I would love Kyle to play wa well as he was earlier though. It's a darn shame.

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Only a few points in which both have played well at the same time. In each set, one player has performed well while the other has tended to be awful.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Ah well; best of one set now :)

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Pity it wasn't originally best of 3 :(

TMH · Futures qualifying

What happened to him? Went from playing very well to all over the shop. Absolute thrashing in the last three sets.

indiana · Tennis legend

vohor wrote:
Pity it wasn't originally best of 3 :(

Any deciding fifth runner will also be the best of five, I would certainly imagine a consideration in selection

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

At least Bob in Belgium will have a certain live match on Sunday assuming Andy makes it 1-1 next smile

And yes Wardy may be back in the frame as a proven stalwart over 5 sets

Brilliant first 2 sets for Kyle to treasure, but no cigar cry

-- Edited by vohor on Friday 27th of November 2015 03:38:38 PM

Spectator · All-time great

Really hope that Mr Murray can win quickly and get off the court uninjured and fresh.

Mr Edmund did better than I thought he would - pity about the end, but for a DC debut, not bad. Next time ...

-- Edited by Spectator on Friday 27th of November 2015 03:39:23 PM

paulisi · Tennis legend

Don't forget Kyle won a 5 setter on clay in Paris, so i'm not sure it is about stamina.

Tough call for Leon, if it goes to a 5th - lets just hope it doesn't and it shouldn't...

paulisi · Tennis legend

taken from the BBC live feed:

John Lloyd

Former Davis Cup finalist on BBC Two

"Kyle definitely has a shot of reaching the top 50. He has a couple of big weapons in the serve and backhand."

Backhand? Don't you mean forehand.......

nicofrance · Strong Club Player

A rather disappointing end to the match. I think we saw the best and worst of Kyle with some stunning play in the first two sets and a complete change in body language and game over the next 3 sets. Although Goffin upped his level Kyle also became very error prone.

Maybe the pressure of seeing the winning line got to him. In terms of a possible fifth rubber although I was thinking Kyle would be best I'm beginning to think that there would simply be too much pressure on him.

Its a hard decision if it comes to this because its clear that Kyle has the game if he can reproduce that over a whole match, where as Ward has won a deciding rubber in the past.