Davis Cup - USA vs. France

Who comes out on top?


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db379

Hall of Fame
anyone can help me find an internet station where I can watch the matches ...?

It looks like sopcast and TVU don't show anything.
 

iriraz

Hall of Fame
I`m watching this match on TV.If the ball goes past the net like 5 times in a point it`s a miracle.
Very,very short points.
 

simi

Hall of Fame
Nice to see some S&V play for a change. Llodra played a great match . . . Andy played a better one. Very high quality from both players. Seventeen unforced errors, total from both players. Good stuff! The ATP needs to speed up the courts a tad bit. Let's get some "real" grass back at Wimbledon.
 

Lefty5

Hall of Fame
Gasquet apparently has pulled out as he was complaining about "blisters"
Okay I know Blisters are painful
and I do like watching Gasquet play
but he needs to toughen up a bit

with as much tennis as this guy has probably logged in his entire life, to complain about blisters seems pretty random. Is there a French Mafia?

J/K
 

leonidas1982

Hall of Fame
Nice to see some S&V play for a change. Llodra played a great match . . . Andy played a better one. Very high quality from both players. Seventeen unforced errors, total from both players. Good stuff! The ATP needs to speed up the courts a tad bit. Let's get some "real" grass back at Wimbledon.

I agree. What makes winning a calender Grand Slam or career Grand Slam memorable is one's ability to win on multiple surfaces -- adapting to its unique characteristics. Pete couldn't adapt in Paris, especially with the short break between the two slams. Bjorn was special in that regard, as was Andre. If the courts' characteristics become identical what is the point then of having different surfaces? Some things should not be altered, it takes away the continuity factor.

Wimbledon should really look at the grass at Queens.

Australian: Hard, slow-medium, medium-high bounce
Roland Garros: Clay, slow, high bounce
Wimbledon: Grass, fast, low bounce
US Open: Hard, fast, low-medium bounce
 
Does the home team get to choose the surface?

It depends on the next round, and the country. Let's say Spain last played the USA in the states, then the USA or opposing team will have to alternate. Go back to their initial meeting up to now, I don''t know how the initial meeting was determined, but thats what I got from it.

Does that make sense? :confused:
 
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edmondsm

Legend
And if that meeting between Spain and the US happens it will be played on the slowest clay ever created. It will be like playing on the beach. The winner will celeberate by literally burrying the captain up to his head in the court. :)
 

leonidas1982

Hall of Fame
Should Blake be considered more of an All-court, all-round player than a baseliner. He certainly plays different when compared to ther baseliners such as Roddick.
 

edmondsm

Legend
Should Blake be considered more of an All-court, all-round player than a baseliner. He certainly plays different when compared to ther baseliners such as Roddick.

An all-court style maybe, but not an all-court player. He is very fast, but I think his movement overall is suspect. His footwork gets seriously lazy. And his movement on clay sucks a fatty.
 
James Blake to me this year has learnt to harness a little of his power and think a lot more on court.

He is up 2-1 sets against PHM. :)

EDIT: This “too good" comment from Blake irritates the crap out of me.
 
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leonidas1982

Hall of Fame
An all-court style maybe, but not an all-court player. He is very fast, but I think his movement overall is suspect. His footwork gets seriously lazy. And his movement on clay sucks a fatty.

I don't believe all-court refers to court surfaces -- just the ability to use different styles, construct points, counter punch, and mix it up, and the ability to readily transition towards net.

Nevertheless, his style is more all-court than baseliner
 
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Fee

Legend
Does the home team get to choose the surface?

Yes. If two teams are meeting for the first time, there is a coin flip to determine who will be the home team, after that first meeting the teams will alternate home and away. Last year the US played Spain in the US (Winston-Salem to be exact, same as today), so their meeting in September will be in Spain and Spain will pick the surface (the slowest clay known to mankind, I'm sure). :)
 

edmondsm

Legend
I don't believe all-court refers to court surfaces -- just the ability to use different styles, construct points, counter punch, and mix it up, and the ability to readily transition towards net.

Nevertheless, his style is more all-court than baseliner

I gottcha. I get a little confused with the term all-court player. People seem to use it in different ways. Maybe I'm just misinterpreting some of the time.
 

Fee

Legend
I gottcha. I get a little confused with the term all-court player. People seem to use it in different ways. Maybe I'm just misinterpreting some of the time.

I think 'all-surface' refers to the types of courts, and 'all-court' refers to the type of player, movement, coverage etc. Years ago, Mardy Fish was considered an all court player (when he made the Cincy final) because he came in and moved well, etc, but I don't think he's ever been considered an 'all surface' player. :)
 
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