dirtballer
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I just saw a news release that said Sam Querry has been named to replace James Blake in the upcoming Davis Cup match with Spain. No details were given.
Are we playing spain on clay??? IIRC, Querry had a very good showing on clay this year - made the quarters at Monte Carlo - maybe that's why PMAC made that move???
Other than that, maybe Blake is injured?
querrey over fish?
hmm.....
Sixth-ranked Nikolay Davydenko of Russia will play alongside Igor Andreev, Dmitry Tursunov and Igor Kunitsyn. Marat Safin was again passed over.
If Sam couldn't handle Nadal on fast hard courts, how does he stand a chance on clay? At least Blake has a history of tough encounters with Nadal on all sorts of different paced hardcourts.
checked Versus last week and didn't see it listed nor did I see it listed on Tennis Channel
Yes, I saw that, but I was interested in seeing it live. I guess I shuold have indicated "LIVE" in my post.Its listed on the TennisChannel website. They are showing it at 5 pm pst, Sept 19, on tape delay(because Argentina vs Russia will be live earlier in the day)
Somebody must be showing it live in the U.S., right?
If that's the case, and since Tennis Channel is a U.S.-based TV channel, shouldn't they choose to show the US-Spain match live and the Arg-Russia match on tape delay? I mean if it came down to a choice between the two going on at the same time? Wouldn't that make tons more sense?not necessarily. usually any 'road' ties the us plays are on tape delay. can't remember the last time a US away tie was shown live.
now that tc has rights, their decision understandable, they can't show both ties live if they are going on at the same time(and I can see why they wouldn't allow VS to show it the same time they are showing Argentina-Russia)
shouldn't they choose to show the US-Spain match live and the Arg-Russia match on tape delay? I mean if it came down to a choice between the two going on at the same time?
It seems the only time TC shows anything ONLY on tape delay is when some other network has the rights to show it live first.
Why would they pick Tursunov and Kunitsyn over Safin, the Wimbledon semifinalist?
If Sam couldn't handle Nadal on fast hard courts, how does he stand a chance on clay? At least Blake has a history of tough encounters with Nadal on all sorts of different paced hardcourts.
This can't be a strategic move, there has to be some outside reason for the switch.
Why would they pick Tursunov and Kunitsyn over Safin, the Wimbledon semifinalist?
Querrey is the better player on clay (and every other surface, but that's another discussion for another day).
I think Querry is a great choice by McEnroe in replacing Blake due to exhaustion however I feel Roddick has a better chance or opportunity in defeating Nadal.
Roddick beats Nadal on clay???? Please. Nobody beats Nadal on clay when he really wants it, especially a fast-court specialist like Roddick. It seems like Fish was next in line though, after he straight-setted Blake at the Open, and made the quarters. Maybe PMac knows its a lost cause, and is letting Querry get a little experience in.
Why? Because Querrey had one good clay court tournament? That's funny. Better on all surfaces? Even funnier.
Querrey should not be called better then Blake now, but he could be sometime next year easily. Blake has hit his peak, the max of his potential has been reached. He is going be 29 in the off season and it is only downhill for him from here realistically. Querrey is only getting better and probably will pass Blake in the ranking at some point next year.
As for clay none of Roddick, Blake, or Querrey are any good so who knows who is the best, 2nd best, 3rd best. It is not a huge achievement to be as good or better then 1 of Roddick or Blake on clay. Roddick and Querrey both had one big clay court tournament this year, so maybe they are the two better on clay right now by default through that.
Great post. I would just add the observation that Querrey is kind of his own peer group. There aren't any other young Americans anywhere near him. Pat McEnroe probably sees Querrey as the future of the DC team and it is a good opportunity to give him the experience.