D-Cup Play-offs!!!!!!

[0range]

[EDIT: Player lineups announced, see post #20.]

It's finally here... my most favourite event... the Davis Cup!!

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Chile v Australia: Estadio Militar Anto***asta, Anto***asta - tbc (outdoors)

Great Britain v Austria: Wimbledon, London - grass (outdoors)

Switzerland v Belgium: Centre Intercommunal de Glace Malley, Lausanne - hard (indoors)

Croatia v Brazil: Sportski centar Visnjik, Zadar - tbc (indoors)

Israel v Peru: Canada Stadium, Tel Aviv - hard (outdoors)

Netherlands v Korea, Rep.: Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn - clay (indoors)

Romania v India: Clubul Sportiv Progresul, Bucharest - clay (outdoors)

Slovak Republic v Serbia: Sibamac Arena, Bratislava - hard (indoors)

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I pick Chile, Austria (A. Murray alone is not gonna cut it), Switzerland (Roger Federer), Croatia (if Ancic is healthy and playing), Israel, Korea, Romania, and Serbia (Djokovic).

 

[Oui c'est moi.]

Great Britain v Austria: Wimbledon, London - grass (outdoors)

I'll be there.


R. Federer alone is not gonna cut it either btw...
Or N. Djokovic...

 

[origmarm]

When I saw the title "D-Cup playoffs" I had greater expectations of this thread

 

[Magix]

When I saw the title "D-Cup playoffs" I had greater expectations of this thread

I think the same thing came to my mind too. :lol:

 

[iriraz]

I'll be there.


R. Federer alone is not gonna cut it either btw...
Or N. Djokovic...

The problem is Switzerland have Wawrinka as a second player and Serbia Tiparevic but for the british except Murray they don`t have any good singles players.They got to hope Murray wins both singles and the doubles with his bro

 

[slice bh compliment]

It's finally here... my most favourite event... the Davis Cup!!
....

My favorite tennis event too! Will they televise any of this in the States?

Austria/GBR at Wimbledon. Pretty cool.

Aussies at Anto f a g asta...pretty funny how the name of the city in Chile is censored. Anyway, I bet Fernando's feeling good that it's not in Australia.

Stanley and Roger against the Belgians ought to be really entertaining....all those striking one-handers.

 

[Dilettante]

I admit that I read "D-Cup" and... well, I figured something different.

I know, I'm sick.

 

[10sbune]

D-Cup....I was honestly thinking something else far from Davis Cup!

 

[0range]

Melzer is not so bad, and Austria's 1st and 2nd singles player both ranked inside top 100 (well... almost), wherea Great Britain's 2nd best single's player is ranked 172. I'm not at all saying that GB can't win, I'm just laying out my humble opinion as to which country has a _slightly_ (and I do mean slightly) better chance to win

The biggest two mismatch would probably be Croatia v. Brazil and Slovak v. Serbia. Croatia has all the big tall servers (Karlovic, Ljubicic, Ancic, Cilic...) and the match will be played indoors. Serbia not only have Djokovic and Tipsarevic, they also have one of the best doubles team in the world.

However, player's lineup for each country's not out yet; so far I know only Murray and Federer are comfirmed.

 

[Dilettante]

D-Cup....I was honestly thinking something else far from Davis Cup!

Get outta here, you sicko!!!

I was kidding, I wasn't BY ANY MEAN thinkking of... that soft and round stuff.

 

[10sbune]

Get outta here, you sicko!!!

I was kidding, I wasn't BY ANY MEAN thinkking of... that soft and round stuff.

LOL! I know...my mind is in the gutter...I guess I've just never heard Davis Cup referred to as D-cup; usually heard it with the other meaning.

 

[Deleted member 25923]

d-cup playoffs? I was hoping for other d cups.

 

[pound cat]

It's finally here... my most favourite event...

Orange, for many people (including many posting on this thread, the first thing D Cup beings to mind is a bra size....and a very large size it is. Next time refer to Davis Cup as DC although, D Cup does draw attention to the event.

Or maybe it was just a humourous play on words by you? If if so, it's pretty funny.

 

[0range]

^^^ _I_ usually call Davis Cup D-Cup for short, I guess not many people here do that...

Well, I guess I'm glad that my thread drawn some attention to the Davis Cup... I was hoping more people would comment more on the playoffs though!

Com'on, it's the most exciting tennis event!!

 

[Oui c'est moi.]

The problem is Switzerland have Wawrinka as a second player and Serbia Tiparevic but for the british except Murray they don`t have any good singles players.They got to hope Murray wins both singles and the doubles with his bro

Ja i realise that. I was just picking up on the OP mentioning those two players for Serbia and Switzerland.
But i do believe we have a good record against Austria (back when we had Henman and the like). I like to be optimistic for my country.

 

[Dilettante]

was hoping more people would comment more on the playoffs though!

Lol

I was expecting a great Chile-Australia, but it's sad we won't see Hewitt there.

Great Britain could be upset by Austria. Andy Murray has to take the weight, I'm curious to see how does he handle it.

 

[Atherton2003]

I thought the thread read "D-Cups Pays Off" meaning you got lots of autographs on your d-cup bra.

 

[FEDXFAN]

When I saw the title "D-Cup playoffs" I had greater expectations of this thread

Yep, I thought it was come contest at Hooters or something !! Dang

 

[0range]

Djokovic, Federer, and Murray are all confirmed to play for their respective countries in the DC playoffs.

 

[0range]

The Official Line-Ups

WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS
Winners advance to World Group in 2009

CHILE v AUSTRALIA
Venue: Estadio Militar Anto***asta, Anto***asta (clay – indoors)

Chile
Fernando Gonzalez
Nicolas Massu
Paul Capdeville
Hans Podlipnik
Captain: Hans Gildemeister

Australia
Chris Guccione
Peter Luczak
Carsten Ball
Samuel Groth
Captain: John Fitzgerald

GREAT BRITAIN v AUSTRIA
Venue: The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, Wimbledon (grass – outdoors)

Great Britain
Andy Murray
Alex Bogdanovic
Jamie Murray
Ross Hutchins
Captain: John Lloyd

Austria
Jurgen Melzer
Alexander Peya
Martin Fischer
Julian Knowle
Captain: Gilbert Schaller

SWITZERLAND v BELGIUM
Venue: Centre Intercommunal de Glace Malley, Prilly (Lausanne) (hard – indoors)

Switzerland
Roger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka
Stephane Bohli
Yves Allegro
Captain: Severin Luthi

Belgium
Steve Darcis
Olivier Rochus
Kristof Vliegen
Christophe Rochus
Captain: Julien Hoferlin

CROATIA v BRAZIL
Venue: Sportski Centar Visnjik, Zadar (hard – indoors)

Croatia
Ivo Karlovic
Marin Cilic
Mario Ancic
Roko Karanusic
Captain: Goran Prpic

Brazil
Thomaz Bellucci
Thiago Alves
Marcelo Melo
Andre Sa
Captain: Francisco Costa

ISRAEL v PERU
Venue: Israel Tennis Center, Ramat Hasharon (hard – outdoors)

Israel
Dudi Sela
Harel Levy
Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram
Captain: Eyal Ran

Peru
Luis Horna
Ivan Miranda
Matias Silva
Mauricio Echazu
Captain: Jaime Yzaga

NETHERLANDS v KOREA. REP.
Venue: Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn (clay – indoors)

Netherlands
Robin Haase
Peter Wessels
Jesse Huta Galung
Thiemo De Bakker
Captain: Jan Siemerink

Korea, Rep.
Hyung-Taik Lee
Jae-Sung An
Woong-Sun Jun
Kyu-Tae Im
Captain: Nam-Hoon Kim

ROMANIA v INDIA
Venue: Clubul Sportiv Progresul, Bucuresti (clay – outdoors)

Romania
Victor Hanescu
Victor Crivoi
Adrian Cruciat
Horia Tecau
Captain: Florin Segarceanu

India
Prakash Amritraj
Somdev Devvarman
Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes
Captain: Shiv Prakash Misra

SLOVAK REPUBLIC v SERBIA
Venue: Sibamac Arena, Bratislava (hard – indoors)

Slovak Republic
Lukas Lacko
Dominik Hrbaty
Filip Polasek
Michal Mertinak
Captain: Miloslav Mecir

Serbia
Novak Djokovic
Janko Tipsarevic
Viktor Troicki
Nenad Zimonjic
Captain: Bogdan Obradovic

 

[0range]

Mario Ancic is playing for Croatia!??!? so he's finally back!??!?!?? Mono all cured!???!?!??!?!??!

 

[tomas9848]

IM picking gb to beat austria though it will be a good match

 

[joeri888]

What's your guys take on Netherlands-South korea? Do we stand a chance? Haase is coming back from injury and doing well in a challenger event now. Or second player will probably be Huta Galung, who made the main draw of Roland Garros this year (we play on clay). Does anyone know how Lee has been doing lately?

 

[beernutz]

Orange, I think you've accidentally stumbled upon a whole new way to market the Davis Cup to men (and lesbians).

 

[Biggie]

I live in Antof-a-gasta and I'll be there on Saturday and Sunday for the series between Chile and Australia. With Hewit out, I think our national team actually has a chance, although it's a shame I won't be able to see him play live.

 

[Atherton2003]

I didn't know Dolly Parton played tennis.

 

[Ronaldo]

I didn't know Dolly Parton played tennis.

The Bryans aren't the only twins in tennis, eh?

 

[joeri888]

I live in Antof-a-gasta and I'll be there on Saturday and Sunday for the series between Chile and Australia. With Hewit out, I think our national team actually has a chance, although it's a shame I won't be able to see him play live.

Your team has a chance anyway? Hewitt playing or not, Gonzalez could at least win both his matches the form he's in. 4th round US Open, silver in Beijing. Massu is second singles player i expect?

 

[Biggie]

Your team has a chance anyway? Hewitt playing or not, Gonzalez could at least win both his matches the form he's in. 4th round US Open, silver in Beijing. Massu is second singles player i expect?

You never know, Gonzalez is quite an unpredictable player, as well as Massu, although he's in a much worse form than Gonzo. I still can't get past our defeat at the hands of Israel. :?

 

[Topaz]

Hmm, Serbian team looks very strong! Lots of great players!

 

[0range]

What's your guys take on Netherlands-South korea? Do we stand a chance? Haase is coming back from injury and doing well in a challenger event now. Or second player will probably be Huta Galung, who made the main draw of Roland Garros this year (we play on clay). Does anyone know how Lee has been doing lately?

I don't know, but I saw Haase at Croatia open playing against Ancic. Haase lost (well he was playing against a home favourite) but he looked pretty impressive. That was before his injury I think... so I guess for the DC playoff it could be a toss-up between two countries.

 

[coloskier]

Personally, I can't think of any other player that would be a D-cup other than Serena.

 

[Ronaldo]

Personally, I can't think of any other player that would be a D-cup other than Serena.

Sania Mirza and her partner Bethanie Mattek can join this party,
http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/76...4AD9FDB9CF193633F7A37F02F3BA5A63DE0CBF349DECB

 

[VAMOSGOAT]

LOL! I know...my mind is in the gutter...I guess I've just never heard Davis Cup referred to as D-cup; usually heard it with the other meaning.

Bras ain't the gutter. Nothing wrong with a bra. :-?

 

[joeri888]

I don't know, but I saw Haase at Croatia open playing against Ancic. Haase lost (well he was playing against a home favourite) but he looked pretty impressive. That was before his injury I think... so I guess for the DC playoff it could be a toss-up between two countries.

We should have a better second player. Huta Galung is no. 170, their second is230 in the world. Huta Galung's favourite surface is clay. I don't know whether Korea has any tradition in doubles, we surely do, although our team is not very good atm. I give us a good chance. Lee has dropped a lot of places (ranked 142) as well:S how did that happen?

 

[pound cat]

^^^ _I_ usually call Davis Cup D-Cup for short, I guess not many people here do that...

Well, I guess I'm glad that my thread drawn some attention to the Davis Cup... I was hoping more people would comment more on the playoffs though!

Com'on, it's the most exciting tennis event!!

It would be a lot more exciting if we could see some of it in Canada. CBC has shown DC in the past (v. Chile eg) but not lately. So it's hard to visulalize what's happening on the court. Maybe someone will be live streaming somewhere.

 

[Becksx1]

I have tickets to See Great Britain v Austria but its going to be a close match.

Murray v Peya = Murray Win

Melzer v Bogdanovic = Melzer Win

Murray & Murray v Knowle and Melzer = Could go either way

Murray v Melzer = Again very close but Murray to edge it.

Bogdanovic v ? = Does it matter

If only GB had a good second singles player we could be a half decent team

 

[equinox]

Australia is stuffed. Capdeville could take down any of our players, spit or no spit. Bah just blood tomic now.

 

[ClarkC]

Equinox: In your signature:

“inch by inch life is a synch, yard by yard life is hard”

I think you mean cinch, not synch.

Now, back to the discussion.

 

[equinox]

Equinox: In your signature:

“inch by inch life is a synch, yard by yard life is hard”

I think you mean cinch, not synch.

Now, back to the discussion.

Nope. It's correct as written.

 

[MEAC_ALLAMERICAN]

Croatia/Brazil match up should be good.

 

[oranges]

Well, Mario is back, but this time Marin is out for the DC tie against Brazil Paresis of facial nerves, out for a week. Still, Karlovic and Ancic should do the job.

 

[0range]

Well, Mario is back, but this time Marin is out for the DC tie against Brazil Paresis of facial nerves, out for a week. Still, Karlovic and Ancic should do the job.

Good gawd that sounds awful for Cilic... so half side of his face is frozen? How could one end up with paralysis of facial nerve??

 

[Ronaldo]

Good gawd that sounds awful for Cilic... so half side of his face is frozen? How could one end up with paralysis of facial nerve??

This is also called Bell's Palsy? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell's_palsy

 

[oranges]

Good gawd that sounds awful for Cilic... so half side of his face is frozen? How could one end up with paralysis of facial nerve??

It's not full paralysis, a milder version, but he must avoid physical and psychological stress not to aggravate it further. He was advised not to even watch the matches, but I suspect he'll disobey that one. They reported it could be due to exposure to the wind or a virus. He canceled the two tournaments in Asia, but hopefully will be fine after that.

 

[joeri888]

Does anyone know where i'll be able to watch Netherlands-South Korea? The Dutch public TV used to broadcast but they wont do it anymore. Perhaps any dutch people around who could tell me?

 

[joeri888]

Switzerland-Belgium than, anyone?

 

[Mungo73]

OMG Vliegen is giving Fed a lot of trouble!

 

[0range]

^^^ livestream?!??

 

[RF007]

Any live stream for the Switzerland-Belgium match?