2015 Davis Cup

[isabelle]

Gasquet out, ERV'll replace him

 

[Kirijax]

Davis Cup is tweeting some info before the 1st round starts. Will add as they do.

 

[Kirijax]

Here is the link to see the up-to-the-second updates for the Davis Cup. First round starts Friday, March 6th!

Davis Cup Updates

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Average rank of the 4 player of Belgium is 130.

Average rank of the 4 players of Switzerland is 375.

Just a negligible difference of 245.:snicker

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Marin Cilic has failed to recover in time from a right shoulder injury,will miss Croatia's tie with Serbia,
Borna Coric,Mate Delic and Marin Draganja are in the Croatian team.Report from AP,2nd March.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

With Spain out of action from the world group, Fed and Stan not playing and Victor Troiki on
the upswing, it looks to me that this years DC Champion will be Serbia. I don't see much
competition for Serbia in the field. Novak can easily get 2 points in every round. They
also have Zimonjic a veteran doubles player in the team.

 

[Kirijax]

 

[Kirijax]

Very surprised to see that Canada has never beaten Japan in six tries! :eyepop

 

[Carol]

Tickets's scandal? :huh:

http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2015/03/djokovic-disappointed-possible-davis-cup-ticket-corruption-serbia/54228/

 

[mrzz]

^Good to see Djokovic coming out and speaking frankly that there's something very wrong about it. It is not usual to see someone speak as clear as that.

 

[Kirijax]

 

[mrzz]

^Even without del Potro, Argentina is the favourite. They have more depth and better ranked players. Brazil has the edge on the doubles, as we have two top ten doubles players which used to play together.

Right now the top ranked braz. is no longer Bellucci (as above), but João Souza, who had two good tornaments in São Paulo and Rio. Bellucci, however, is able to wake up one day and have the match of his life, no matter where he is ranked. Put it all together and Argentina is still the favourite (and who knows what they can do once del Potro returns), but Brazil has a shot.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

still hardly believe we beat usa last year. can it happen again ?..dare we dream the undreamable dream ?.

can the tennis universe really be altered to resemble a gleaming oblong ?.

 

[Kirijax]

So the first round is getting ready to start! Who does everyone pick to make it to the next round?

My picks:
France 4-1
U.S. 3-2
Czech Republic 3-2
Italy 5-0
Argentina 5-0
Serbia 4-1
Canada 3-2
Belgium 5-0

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

yes. interesting for the neutral. just looked at the daviscup site, djokovic is playing borna coric in 4th rubber.

andy murray has said he (probably) won't play in the doubles tie..i bet he does though.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

^^I am rather hoping that 3-2 usa-uk scoreline will be the other way round.

 

[Carol]

http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2015/03/marti-reportedly-quits-switzerland-team/54257/#.VPi9sYY8KrU

Anyway Switzerland can't go too far without Federer and Wawrinka same like Spain played last time without Rafa, Ferru and others :s

 

[rubydo]

Very surprised to see that Canada has never beaten Japan in six tries! :eyepop

That is going to change this time around..hopefully!

 

[Kirijax]

Very surprised to see that Canada has never beaten Japan in six tries! :eyepop

That is going to change this time around..hopefully!

I'm rooting for Japan! But Popsicle could be the deciding factor in this one I'm afraid.

 

[Kirijax]