Davis Cup 2016 World Group Quarter Final - Serbia v GB - 15th to 17th July

indiana · Tennis legend

Davis Cup 2016 World Group Quarter Final - Serbia v GB - 15th to 17th July

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Bob !

indiana · Tennis legend

Italy or Argentina would be a home semi final, since we last played away to both. Just a slight obstacle first !

The full QF draw, copying from the other thread is :

Quarter Finals ( seeded teams * ) :

Serbia* home to Great Britain*
Italy home to Argentina*
Czech Republic* home to France*
USA home to Croatia

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 6th of March 2016 08:13:05 PM

Oakland2002 · All-time great

We need Kyle fit and firing on all cylinders after his breakthrough at RG 2016.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Don't assume it will be on clay.

Might be on hard, especially if Bedene becomes available.

Andy v Novak on clay might be more of a leveller, but Nole would be favourite on hard (assumes he is available for selection)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Bob !

smile

Priesty · Challenger level

Bob in Belgrade please step forward smile

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Priesty wrote:
Bob in Belgrade please step forward

Just 2526 kilometres according to ViaMichelin.

Doable.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Will it be Belgrade? might be Novi Sad?

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

I see Leon Smith has extended his contract as Davis Cup captain for a further 3 years. Sounds like good news to me....

Jan · Hall of fame

The Optimist wrote:
I see Leon Smith has extended his contract as Davis Cup captain for a further 3 years. Sounds like good news to me....

That is very good news!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Courtesy of the Beeb's rolling sports news page:

Belgrade clay date for GB

Posted at 12:20

Great Britain's Davis Cup quarter-final against Serbia will be held on clay at the Tasmajdan Stadium in Belgrade from 15-17 July.

Now we know the surface and venue our preparations can go to the next level," said coach Leon Smith.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Clay might just be Andy's best chance of beating Djokovic at the moment. And it is probably Kyle's best surface as well. Not unhappy with the choice of surface.

GBJ · Club Coach

It would be nice to get an Andy v Novak clay court preview preview or two before then (esp. given their rankings meaning those would be finals. Really intrigued to see how Andy does on clay this year. It was an interesting start to his clay campaign. My hopes are high after last year and him finding a bit of form last week but cautious given other factors.

indiana · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Clay might just be Andy's best chance of beating Djokovic at the moment. And it is probably Kyle's best surface as well. Not unhappy with the choice of surface.

Yes, an intriguing and I'm far from sure best choice for Serbia since to me it's as you say if Andy and Kyle play. Not great for either Novak or Andy to be going back to clay between the grass and hard court seasons ( including the Olympics on hard ).