Davis Cup World and Playoffs

[Fedace]

What is up with Monfils ? losing to a nobody from netherlands ?

Netherlands 1 1 France
MECC, Maastricht 18 Sep - 20 Sep 2009
Tie detail Rubber scores by set
1 2 3 4 5
Rubber 1
Thiemo DE BAKKER (NED) 6 5 6 6
Gael MONFILS (FRA) 3 7 3 4
Rubber 2
Jesse HUTA GALUNG (NED) 6 (2) 2 6 (3)
Jo-Wilfried TSONGA (FRA) 7 6 7

 

[Fedace]

Devvarman looks like he was really on today.

South Africa 0 2 India
R1 - S.DEVVARMAN (IND) def. I.VAN DER MERWE (RSA)
7-6(5) 6-3 6-4
R2 - R.BOPANNA (IND) def. R.DE VOEST (RSA)
2-6 6-4 6-2 6-4

 

[tennisdad65]

^^ Strange.. India has the #1 ranked ITF junior (Yuki Bhambri) and do not play him in Davis cup .

 

[Biggie]

Go Chile! 2-0 against Austria thanks to two enormous victories from Nicolas Massu and Paul Capdeville.

 

[GrassCourtFan]

^^ Strange.. India has the #1 ranked ITF junior (Yuki Bhambri) and do not play him in Davis cup .

They also have a few ATP-ranked pros. Even a fairly low-ranked ATP pro is better than a top junior. (For example, see: Young, Donald.)

Somdev Devvarman has proven himself as at least at top-150 ATP pro right now (currently 133rd) and he's still fairly new to the tour (a year or two on tour, if I remember correctly.) Rohan Bopanna is lower-ranked, at 488, BUT: he's proven himself in Davis Cup before (5-12 record - not that good at all, but better than the 0-0 Yuki would bring). Last year, he won a few pivotal Davis Cup matches in singles.

Of course, Mahesh Bhupathi is a lock-in for the doubles, and Rohan Bopanna will probably be his partner (he's ranked 88 in doubles.)

Yuki looks like he was a last-minute replacement for Leander Paes. They'll probably give him a shot to play a dead rubber if they win one of the next two matches, but I can understand not wanting to use such an important moment to be Yuki's first Davis Cup match. I'm sure Yuki will get a few matches in the upcoming years.

 

[Augustus]

Thiemo de Bakker is definately no nobody, he won four challengers during the last two months. In 2006 he won the juniors at Wimbledon and he almost defeated Wayne Arthurs there the following year, only to lose a two set lead.
Gael Monfils wasn't playing very well, but de Bakker played a great match.
IMO he has the potential to be a solid top 50 player (maybe even better) and become the best Dutch player since Sjeng Schalken... (but of course Monfils should have won the match anyway :wink:

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

What is up with Monfils ? losing to a nobody from netherlands ?

Netherlands 1 1 France
MECC, Maastricht 18 Sep - 20 Sep 2009
Tie detail Rubber scores by set
1 2 3 4 5
Rubber 1
Thiemo DE BAKKER (NED) 6 5 6 6
Gael MONFILS (FRA) 3 7 3 4
Rubber 2
Jesse HUTA GALUNG (NED) 6 (2) 2 6 (3)
Jo-Wilfried TSONGA (FRA) 7 6 7

never saw this de bakker playing, but some posters here are expecting some good things from him for some time... still, disappointing loss for monfils. first matches in davis cup are never easy, especially as monfils had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time !

in the group II (fighting for a place in the group I):

1-1 between cyprus and finland

Finland vs Cyprus at Salo, Finland: Hard (Indoor)

Singles
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d. Phodos Kallias (CYP) 6-2 6-1 6-0
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) d. Henri Kontinen (FIN) 6-3 6-3 6-2

Doubles
Henri Kontinen/Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) vs Marcos Baghdatis/Phodos Kallias (CYP)

Reverse Singles
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) vs Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
Henri Kontinen (FIN) vs Phodos Kallias (CYP)

(allez marcos !!!)

1-1 between latvia and slovenia

Latvia vs Slovenia at Jurmala, Latvia: Carpet (Indoor)

Singles
Grega Zemlja (SLO) d. Andis Juska (LAT) 6-1 6-1 6-4
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) d. Luka Gregorc (SLO) 4-6 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4 8-6

Doubles
Ernests Gulbis/Deniss Pavlovs (LAT) vs Luka Gregorc/Grega Zemlja (SLO)

Reverse Singles
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs Grega Zemlja (SLO)
Andis Juska (LAT) vs Luka Gregorc (SLO)

(hard win for gulbis against this unknown guy !)

 

[Fedace]

^^I really hope Marcos can brings home the WIN for Cyprus. Maybe then he can gain some confidence and start playing well again.....Poor Marcos.... all those pretty girls and still can't play tennis....

 

[Love Game]

http://www.daviscup.com/index.asp

live score a few minutes ago.

obviously, dubs is the third rubber.
brazil and ecuador are 1 all in the singles

(i was a bit surprised that lapentti beat bellucci in their singles, and now the lapentti brothers are playing for their country in the dubs)

 

[Love Game]

http://www.daviscup.com/ties/tie.asp?tie=100013978

The matches are taking place in Rancagua, Chile

As of now, Chile is up 2 love, results from the singles yesterday.

The 3rd rubber dubs match w/b played @ 23:00 GMT, which is either 3pm or 4pm Pacific Time/which would be 6pm or 7 pm NewYork time (sorry I should know which, but I don't)

 

[tomas9848]

hope chile wins.

 

[Solid Ace]

Chile is still winning even without Gonzo (who is angry with the chilean tennis federation). Means we're not dead at all.
Vamos Chile!

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

Chile is still winning even without Gonzo (who is angry with the chilean tennis federation). Means we're not dead at all.
Vamos Chile!

do you know what's the reason of gonzozanger ?

 

[martin]

De Bakker was a very dominant number one at the juniors but after the transition to the seniors he didn't work seriously to get any further. He relied on his talent. Now he has seen the light, worked hard and won four challengers in a row.

 

[Love Game]

Chile is still winning even without Gonzo (who is angry with the chilean tennis federation). Means we're not dead at all.
Vamos Chile!

do you know what's the reason of gonzozanger ?

Yes. I also would like to know why Gonzo was angry.

..............

meanwhile, knowles is playing with melzer, and they are up a double break on the chilean team of capdeville and massu 4-1 in the first set.

i believe knowles is a doubles specialist, but i'm not sure whether paul and nicolas have teamed up before?

.........

http://www.santiagotimes.cl/santiag...is-cup-pending-tennis-federation-changes.html

 

[Fedace]

De Bakker was a very dominant number one at the juniors but after the transition to the seniors he didn't work seriously to get any further. He relied on his talent. Now he has seen the light, worked hard and won four challengers in a row.

So he is good enough to beat Monfils ??? find that hard to believe. Maybe Monfils was injured...but then if he was he probably shouldn't have played... even at the risk of looking like Gasquet....

 

[MEAC_ALLAMERICAN]

About the Netherlands team, what ever happened to Robin Haase?

 

[martin]

So he is good enough to beat Monfils ??? find that hard to believe. Maybe Monfils was injured...but then if he was he probably shouldn't have played... even at the risk of looking like Gasquet....

Time will tell. Tomorrow he plays Tsonga.

 

[martin]

About the Netherlands team, what ever happened to Robin Haase?

Has been sidelined for more than a year because of a knee injury.

 

[MEAC_ALLAMERICAN]

Has been sidelined for more than a year because of a knee injury.

That had to be a pretty bad injury to be out of the game so long. On a positive note he was pretty talented kid and still is pretty young, so hopefully he will come back again.

 

[Love Game]

not sure of the significance of this particular loss by Chile because the davis cup website isnt totally up to date at the moment. schedule says that capdeville will play melzer in reverse singles tomorrow, then massu vs. koubek.

At the start of tonight's match, there was this statement ..... "If Chile wins the doubles, it will remain in World Group for 2010 competition."

http://www.daviscup.com/news/matchreport.asp?articleid=16285

 

[thejoe]

Murray is pumped! It's awesome

 

[shadows]

Murray is pumped! It's awesome

How's he playing? I usually stay away from the DC like the plague xD

 

[Solid Ace]

do you know what's the reason of gonzozanger ?

I think there's some money problem. I think they didn't pay Gonzo and the others in one match.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

finland vs cyprus update

in the group II (fighting for a place in the group I):

1-1 between cyprus and finland
(allez marcos !!!)

after a heartbreaking loss in the double on saturday marcos levels the tie at 2-2 by beating nieminen 7-5 6-3 3-6 6-4.
he improves his DC single winning streak which is now at 25 straight wins (36-3 overall), 2nd behing borg (33).

i hope the 2nd cypriot guy will manage to win the tie !

Finland vs Cyprus at Salo, Finland: Hard (Indoor)

Singles
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d. Phodos Kallias (CYP) 6-2 6-1 6-0
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) d. Henri Kontinen (FIN) 6-3 6-3 6-2

Doubles
Henri Kontinen/Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d. Marcos Baghdatis/Phodos Kallias (CYP) 6-7(4) 1-6 6-2 6-3 7-5

Reverse Singles
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) d. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 7-5 6-3 3-6 6-4
Henri Kontinen (FIN) vs Phodos Kallias (CYP) ?

 

[malakas]

after a heartbreaking loss in the double on saturday marcos levels the tie at 2-2 by beating nieminen 7-5 6-3 3-6 6-4.
he improves his DC single winning streak which is now at 25 straight wins (36-3 overall), 2nd behing borg (33).

i hope the 2nd cypriot guy will manage to win the tie !

oh erwan lol good you're here to inform as about everything Markos :mrgreen:

Henri Kontinen is a very good young player isn't he?
Photos will have his hands full with him :-?

Impressive about Markos!!He does love so much playing for his country!
And another good result with a win against Nieminen.Nice good signs of his comeback.

 

[Augustus]

The Swiss win their tie against Italy!

Federer defeats Starace 6-3 6-0 6-4, Fed played well according to the stats.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

oh erwan lol good you're here to inform as about everything Markos :mrgreen:

Henri Kontinen is a very good young player isn't he?
Photos will have his hands full with him

Impressive about Markos!!He does love so much playing for his country!
And another good result with a win against Nieminen.Nice good signs of his comeback.

yes, those wins are good for his confidence...
i'm not sure about what's next. maybe he'll play another tournament before pekin ?

about this kontinen... i don't know anything about him. young guy indeed:
http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Ko/H/Henri-Kontinen.aspx?t=pa
http://www.daviscup.com/teams/player.asp?Player=100054299
kallias is still ranked better, let's see...

 

[Augustus]

Didn't Kontinen lose the Wimbledon juniors final to Dimitrov?

 

[malakas]

yes, those wins are good for his confidence...
i'm not sure about what's next. maybe he'll play another tournament before pekin ?

about this kontinen... i don't know anything about him. young guy indeed:
http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Ko/H/Henri-Kontinen.aspx?t=pa
http://www.daviscup.com/teams/player.asp?Player=100054299
kallias is still ranked better, let's see...

hehe is Nieminen a usual name in finland?
Because I saw in his results he beat one Timmo Nieminen who is coached by Markku Nieminen :mrgreen: lol

btw is there on livescores site or something for this tie?Can't find anything

 

[Marty502]

do you know what's the reason of gonzozanger ?

Gonzalez refused to play the Davis Cup after the Chilean Tennis Federation revealed to the press how much Gonzalez was gonna get paid for playing the Cup against Australia, money which they didn't pay after the series and still haven't paid.

Gonzalez inmediately quit the Davis Cup team and swore to rejoin the team if the Federation heads quit, and that he'll donate his Davis Cup pay to upcoming tennis players' programs if they do. The sums revealed involved direct payments to his father, which is the way they've always worked; that's what really pissed Fernando off.

Overall, lack of class from our Tennis Federation. They've gotten thrashed by the press. That was personal information leaked for no reason at all. We should have beaten Austria to a pulp already. And needless to say, everybody wants Fernando back in the team. He's the most loved Chilean sportsman by a mile.

I hadn't posted in ages, but I wanted to clear this one up. :neutral:

 

[iriraz]

No surprise really.Another relegation for Great Britain.Down to third division in tennis.Except Murray no other player is capable in giving a 3d point.

 

[Love Game]

ATM it looks as tho there are just a couple teams with deciding matches still to play today:

#1. Brazil currently trailing Ecuador 1-2 with the reverse singles still to be played:

http://www.daviscup.com/ties/tie.asp?tie=100013980

*****

#2. Austria currently trailing Chile 1-2 with the reverse singles still to be played:

http://www.daviscup.com/ties/tie.asp?tie=100013978

*****​

 

[Love Game]

No surprise really.Another relegation for Great Britain.Down to third division in tennis.Except Murray no other player is capable in giving a 3d point.

I'm still learning the particulars of davis cup, so it took me a little while to find this on their website plus the following sportsnews article:

". . . Britain must now win both of today's singles matches if they are to avoid relegation to Group Two of the Europe Africa Zone, effectively the Davis Cup's third division, alongside the likes of Monaco, Lithuania and Ireland. Britain having last played at that level 13 years ago, it is a sorry state of affairs given the millions that flow into the game here every year from Wimbledon and from the Lawn Tennis Association's £25m partnership deal with the financial services company Aegon.

Presuming he is fit to play, Murray will today face Jerzy Janowicz, the world No 261, while Dan Evans, who is making his Davis Cup debut, faces Michal Przysiezny. At No 678 Przysiezny is ranked 376 places above the 19-year-old from Birmingham, but on the evidence of their performances on the opening day - the Pole giving Murray a decent match and the Briton losing in straight sets to Janowicz - it would be hard to fancy the home team's chances.

Murray, who has been troubled by the wrist injury . . ."

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/murrays-wrist-gamble-fails-to-break-poland-1790386.html

~~~~~

Obviously, GBR is much smaller than USA, but did not avoid going down to Group Two because of Evans loss in the reverse singles. sooooooo........... Where are Great Britain's John Isner, Sam Querrey? iow up and comers?

 

[FredMurray]

I'm still learning the particulars of davis cup, so it took me a little while to find this on their website plus the following sportsnews article:

". . . Britain must now win both of today's singles matches if they are to avoid relegation to Group Two of the Europe Africa Zone, effectively the Davis Cup's third division, alongside the likes of Monaco, Lithuania and Ireland. Britain having last played at that level 13 years ago, it is a sorry state of affairs given the millions that flow into the game here every year from Wimbledon and from the Lawn Tennis Association's £25m partnership deal with the financial services company Aegon.

Presuming he is fit to play, Murray will today face Jerzy Janowicz, the world No 261, while Dan Evans, who is making his Davis Cup debut, faces Michal Przysiezny. At No 678 Przysiezny is ranked 376 places above the 19-year-old from Birmingham, but on the evidence of their performances on the opening day - the Pole giving Murray a decent match and the Briton losing in straight sets to Janowicz - it would be hard to fancy the home team's chances.

Murray, who has been troubled by the wrist injury . . ."

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/murrays-wrist-gamble-fails-to-break-poland-1790386.html

~~~~~

Obviously, GBR is much smaller than USA, but did not avoid going down to Group Two because of Evans loss in the reverse singles. sooooooo........... Where are Great Britain's John Isner, Sam Querrey? iow up and comers?

LTA have been absolutley terrible with the money they recieve, its far easier to become a pro in the usa than in the uk.

 

[Love Game]

update ..... it's now or never for Brazil in 2009

===

update ... same for Austria: Can Melzer win the next 3 sets?

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

Gonzalez refused to play the Davis Cup after the Chilean Tennis Federation revealed to the press how much Gonzalez was gonna get paid for playing the Cup against Australia, money which they didn't pay after the series and still haven't paid.

Gonzalez inmediately quit the Davis Cup team and swore to rejoin the team if the Federation heads quit, and that he'll donate his Davis Cup pay to upcoming tennis players' programs if they do. The sums revealed involved direct payments to his father, which is the way they've always worked; that's what really pissed Fernando off.

Overall, lack of class from our Tennis Federation. They've gotten thrashed by the press. That was personal information leaked for no reason at all. We should have beaten Austria to a pulp already. And needless to say, everybody wants Fernando back in the team. He's the most loved Chilean sportsman by a mile.

I hadn't posted in ages, but I wanted to clear this one up. :neutral:

thx for this explanation !
and i hope fernando will be soon back in the chilean team...

 

[Love Game]

thx for this explanation !
and i hope fernando will be soon back in the chilean team...

so do I ... but if either Capdeville or Massu can win their reverse singles today, Chile will have made it thru without him (see "update" above)

here's an article from the Santiago Times back in May. Apparently, Massu and Capdeville were also involved, but didnt give any ultimatums. .... Marty's post adds onto it .......

http://www.santiagotimes.cl/santiag...is-cup-pending-tennis-federation-changes.html

 

[malakas]

Gonzalez refused to play the Davis Cup after the Chilean Tennis Federation revealed to the press how much Gonzalez was gonna get paid for playing the Cup against Australia, money which they didn't pay after the series and still haven't paid.

Gonzalez inmediately quit the Davis Cup team and swore to rejoin the team if the Federation heads quit, and that he'll donate his Davis Cup pay to upcoming tennis players' programs if they do. The sums revealed involved direct payments to his father, which is the way they've always worked; that's what really pissed Fernando off.

Overall, lack of class from our Tennis Federation. They've gotten thrashed by the press. That was personal information leaked for no reason at all. We should have beaten Austria to a pulp already. And needless to say, everybody wants Fernando back in the team. He's the most loved Chilean sportsman by a mile.

I hadn't posted in ages, but I wanted to clear this one up. :neutral:

thank you for the explanation!!That was very low of the chilean federation to act like this..maybe they felt this as a way to make Nando less loveable to the public in fear of losing their power?? :-?

Chile really needs him,so it has really backfired at them since now the pressure to step down,for Gonzo to come back,will be enormous.

 

[l_gonzalez]

when was the last time Lapentti, DIDN'T play a 5 set match?!?! The guy is an absolute soldier, it seems that every time he plays best of 5 he wants to make sure he gets his court time!

 

[Love Game]

updates .......... nailbiting continues ........

 

[pound cat]

I hope you're all watching Chile v. Austria

http://www.justin.tv/sololaexx

 

[Biggie]

http://prensatenis.cl/

That one also works for me. Capdeville breaks back but Melzer serves at 5-4 in the final set.

 

[Love Game]

Grats to Nico!!!

Nicolas Lapentti wins and takes Ecuador back to World Group

"Nicolas Lapentti proved that ranking and age don’t matter when it comes to Davis Cup.

The 33 year old from Guayaquil put his heart and his love to his country and the sport on court to win three matches, played for more than 11 hours in three days, at the Gigantinho Stadium in Porto Alegre, the most southern state in Brazil, and takes Ecuador back in to the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group.

An ex-top 10 ATP player and now ranked 144, he defeated Brazilian Marcos Daniel, ranked 56, beating him 64 64 16 26 86 on Sunday’s first match and clinched the third point to his country, after having defeated Thomaz Bellucci on Friday and beaten, with his younger brother Giovanni, Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa on Saturday’s doubles.

It was Nicolas’ 61st victory playing Davis Cup, in his 37th . . ."

http://www.daviscup.com/news/matchreport.asp?articleid=16310

 

[Love Game]

I hope you're all watching Chile v. Austria

http://www.justin.tv/sololaexx

http://prensatenis.cl/

That one also works for me. Capdeville breaks back but Melzer serves at 5-4 in the final set.

Thank you both so much for these links. I was searching everywhere earlier and couldnt find anything ............. That all important 5th rubber is now on, and I can see it thanks to you!

update: Massu serving up a break 4-3 in the first.

 

[Fedace]

Thank you both so much for these links. I was searching everywhere earlier and couldnt find anything ............. That all important 5th rubber is now on, and I can see it thanks to you!

update: Massu serving up a break 4-3 in the first.

What Davis cup is still going ?????????????? LOL.....

 

[Fedace]

Thank you both so much for these links. I was searching everywhere earlier and couldnt find anything ............. That all important 5th rubber is now on, and I can see it thanks to you!

update: Massu serving up a break 4-3 in the first.

I hope Chile wins... they will be more fun in the world group..... who is Massu playing ?? Federer ??

 

[Love Game]

I hope Chile wins... they will be more fun in the world group..... who is Massu playing ?? Federer ??

OH stop the insanity!!! :lol:

as a matter of fact, massu fought tooth and nail to prevent a break back by koubek. talk about spectators cheering the opponent's UE!!! ay carumba ... anyway nico has a lot to prove as he is chile's last hope for this weekend sans Fena ....... and he did manage to hold, winning the first set 6-4

vamos cool stoner dude!!!

 

[Fedace]

^^Koubek choking big time..... look of desperation in his eye....he is about to cry...

 

[Love Game]

^^^ well, i will agree that he's obviously the most hated man in the entire stadium at the moment (in a nice way of course), so that's probably preying on his mentality.

massu is pushing, pushing (and grunting quite loudly sometimes), almost caused him another loss of serve (koubek already down a break in the second, managed to hold 1-2)