Week 47 - Davis Cup Finals - Madrid, Spain - (Indoor, Hard).

indiana · Tennis legend

Week 47 - Davis Cup Finals - Madrid, Spain - (Indoor, Hard).

LordBrownof · Futures level

Good to remember that, unless my app is very wrong, Evo has played 83 matches this year.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

I think we also have to give some credit to Bublik. He started to go for his shots and played extremely well towards the end. In such fast conditions, both court and altitude, when someone is hitting it that hard and accurately, there is not a lot of answers. He was hitting 200kmh+ 2nd serves. Plenty of DFs but also plenty of unreturnables.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

While obvious unfortunate issues in the group stages, the tennis has largely been good thus far, but it should really start heating up now that there's no more set % to worry about, and straight shootouts going forward, plus with Canada-Australia well underway now, GB-Germany starting at 5.30pm local (with no tie before) and the final on Sunday starting at 4pm local, there shouldn't be any really late finishes - the only one that might is Spain vs Argentina, if Serbia vs Russia goes really really long before it, but fingers crossed that doesn't happen, the Serbia tie is also starting 30 mins earlier, 10.30am local instead of the usual 11am.

indiana · Tennis legend

I see Belgium just beat Kazakhstan to 3rd RU place by 5 games. Lucky that didn't end up being for 2nd RU place and progression to the QF.

D. Belgium : 1-1 3-3 7-7 70-62
E. Kazakhstan : 1-1 3-3 7-7 70-67

If the current format is retained they will certainly need to reconsider the retirement scenario.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

The doubles will decide the first QF as Canada and Australia are locked at 1-1, but in both matches the lower ranked player got the W. Pospisal is in some form this week.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Ace Ventura wrote:
The doubles will decide the first QF as Canada and Australia are locked at 1-1, but in both matches the lower ranked player got the W. Pospisal is in some form this week.

Was kyrgios injured or dropped?

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

In terms of GB, I expect us to play kyle and andy tomorrow. Andy will no doubt play another marathon. If we win , a big if, then we would most likely play spain. I'd rest Andy again and play kyle at 2, against PCB (RBA has had to leave as his father is very ill), and dan play rafa. We might have a chance of winning that match with that team, saving andy for the final.

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 21st of November 2019 10:33:57 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Ace Ventura wrote:
The doubles will decide the first QF as Canada and Australia are locked at 1-1, but in both matches the lower ranked player got the W. Pospisal is in some form this week.

Indeed, and Pospisil and Shapovalov won the doubles and comfortably, 4 and 4. So Canada are into the semis. Canada, with this win, equal their best ever Davis Cup showing, in 2013 when they reached the semis. They now have extra rest on Serbia or Russia and that promises to be a great semi, whoever they play.

To back up Ace's comments, here is a list I compiled of all of the players and their wins record this week. Pospisil is top, although he has played one match more than Nadal and Rublev.

Player	Wins
Pospisil	4
De Minaur	3
Nadal	3
Rublev	3
Shapovalov	3
Bublik	2
Djokovic	2
Fognini	2
Granollers	2
Haase	2
Herbert	2
J. Murray	2
Khachanov	2
Kohlschreiber	2
Krajinovic	2
Krawietz	2
Kukushkin	2
Kyrgios	2
Mahut	2
Mies	2
Querrey	2
Skupski	2
Sock	2
A. Murray	1
Bautista Agut	1
Berretini	1
Cabal	1
Darcis	1
Edmund	1
Farah	1
Fritz	1
Garin	1
Gille	1
Goffin	1
Gonzalez	1
Lopez	1
Mayer	1
Nishioka	1
Peers	1
Pella	1
Schwartzman	1
Struff	1
Thompson	1
Tipserevic	1
Troicki	1
Tsonga	1
Vliegen	1

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 21st of November 2019 11:14:13 PM

flamingowings · All-time great

JonH comes home wrote:
In terms of GB, I expect us to play kyle and andy tomorrow. Andy will no doubt play another marathon. If we win , a big if, then we would most likely play spain. I'd rest Andy again and play kyle at 2, against PCB (RBA has had to leave as his father is very ill), and dan play rafa. We might have a chance of winning that match with that team, saving andy for the final.

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 21st of November 2019 10:33:57 PM

RBA's father has subsequently passed away. Tough few years for Roberto, his mum died last year.

Smudge226 · Club Coach

Ace Ventura wrote:
The doubles will decide the first QF as Canada and Australia are locked at 1-1, but in both matches the lower ranked player got the W. Pospisal is in some form this week.

Yes Pospisil certainly prospers on these faster courts. I do remember him playing out of his skin against GB in that away DC tie a couple of years or so ago. Unplayable for spells with the home crowd behind him. I think he beat both Kedders and Evo that wkend. Shapovalov hit the umpire in the eye but otherwise played ok for a youngster as well. They will be tough to beat here on this surface.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Serbia v Russia also goes to a deciding doubles as well. Doubles as ever in DC gets more exposure and that is a good thing.

Djoko presumably will play doubles, with Troicki. Presumably Khachanov and Rublev go again for Russia?

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Friday 22nd of November 2019 12:53:43 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

The Russians take the first set in doubles. Russia v Canada, if it happens, and Rublev v Pospisil would certainly be a worthy semifinal for two of the players of the week...

GBJ · Club Coach

Have I understood correctly that the GB Germany tie starts now? I'm in California so it's only 6.30am here and I can't watch or listen so have been relying on the BBC live text which has not come up yet.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Serbia-Russia deciding doubles deep into a deciding set.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Friday 22nd of November 2019 03:01:35 PM