United States vs. Switzerland :::Davis Cup March 6-8

Which country do you think will win?

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Wawrinka gave him a free gift. He sliced 4 times. Didn't believe Blake could run after a forehand crosscourt.
40-0 4-4 Lucky like Blake vs. Mathieu
 
So much for the "USA has a breeze series" projection.

Wawrinka wins 6-3 4-6 6-3 7-6 over Blake.

Just looking at the match stats, UFE were rather even 48 to 49 each, the total points won was outstanding, Wawrinka had 56 and Blake just 35 or 36.
 
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Roddick is under pressure now.He is the huge favourite in his match though but playing against an unknown opponent can get tricky.
If Federer was here a sweep wouldn`t have surprised me.I think the doubles will be crucial
 
Do you think Blake was in better form than Fish and Querrey?
I think Blake shouldn't be the undisputed no.2 anymore.
 
man, the yanks must be thrilled that they won't be seeing fed. otherwise, they'd be in big, big trouble.

the bigger the occasion, the more the likelihood that blake will be a bust. man, he's absolute pants on the big stage.
 
Fish has been playing extremely well of late, but then I watched most of his matches at Delray yett hadn't seen any matches of Blake's in a while to compare. Same with Querrey.

I wouldn't be surprised if Suisse doesnt win anymore matches either.
 
Blake is not happy right now and if it goes to a live 5th rubber against Chiudinelli i wouldn`t be surprised for him to loose that.
 
The trainwreck Roddick was ever since October 2003,...I wouldn't be surprised if he stiffens and pretends he's giving 120%.
 
Chiudinelli is playing like his rank, rather an 'of course', overhitting and missing in this important venue.

Roddick is rolling like he should be. Honestly, what else is there to expect from him but this? Just seeing the matchup Stan and James, we knew that was going to be tight, if not an outright win by Stan. Could have gone either way. Roddick and Chiudinelli, ah we know the outcome :-) unless the Suisse guy plays the match of his life and after life.

It's just unfortunate the crowd is so calm and quiet LOL

PS Glad it is Roddick playing, so I can go to bed and not have to worry about any late match heroics of his opponent turning this match around.
 
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gimelstob talking out of his blankety-blank again . . . letting the red, white and blue to go his head and saying roddick is the fourth best player in the world.
 
roddick wins first set 6-1 and on serve 2nd, roddick looks pretty comfortable but if i was him i would try to close the match out quicker, his swiss opponent seems to be getting a bit better as the match goes on too.
 
Roddick has improved his volleys... must have been browsing around the forums. Must win match for him, because you never know what to expect from swiss cheese Wawrinka in reverse singles...
 
Zaragoza said:
Do you think Blake was in better form than Fish and Querrey?
I think Blake shouldn't be the undisputed no.2 anymore.
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I agree... Blake's form hasn't been great. doesn't Blake have a losing Davis Cup record? PMac is so gutless and doesn't take chances. Fish wouldve' been a better choice.
 
I just saw James Blake choke in person.

His first serve percentage was so low I wanted to go down their and yell at him myself (it felt like it was close to 40% or less). Wawrinkas wasn't great either (actually I swear all four players were batting about 50% or less), and I had no idea that top male pro second serves averaged about 85 MPH (Roddicks were about 90 and at most, 104).

Strangely, the serves actually look slower in real life than they do on the TV... makes me think my second serve is as fast as a pro's on my best days (although I double fault about 15X as much...). FTR: the fastest serve was 146 MPH by Roddick. He averaged in the lower or mid 130s though...

What confused the hell out of me was that:

1. The match point that Blake lost on was called out by one of the linesmen... either I'm nuts, I was the only person who paid attention, or the umpire over-ruled it and I didn't notice (watching it again TTC and I realized that the umpire was one of the famous "rogue" umpires who are notorious for horrible overrules).

2. The second serve that Roddick won on was an OBVIOUS let. Why did no one else in the whole stadium notice this?

3. On another note, the two judges (a black guy and a big fat white guy who is apparently blind) who ran the service line seemed painfully incompetent to me... several terrible calls. And a few bad ones on the baseline for that matter too.
 
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Nanshiki said:
I just saw James Blake choke in person.

His first serve percentage was so low I wanted to go down their and yell at him myself (it felt like it was close to 40% or less). Wawrinkas wasn't great either (actually I swear all four players were batting about 50% or less), and I had no idea that top male pro second serves averaged about 85 MPH (Roddicks were about 90 and at most, 104).

Strangely, the serves actually look slower in real life than they do on the TV... makes me think my second serve is as fast as a pro's on my best days (although I double fault about 15X as much...). FTR: the fastest serve was 146 MPH by Roddick. He averaged in the lower or mid 130s though...

What confused the hell out of me was that:

1. The match point that Blake lost on was called out by one of the linesmen... either I'm nuts, I was the only person who paid attention, or the umpire over-ruled it and I didn't notice (watching it again TTC and I realized that the umpire was one of the famous "rogue" umpires who are notorious for horrible overrules).

2. The second serve that Roddick won on was an OBVIOUS let. Why did no one else in the whole stadium notice this?

3. On another note, the two judges (a black guy and a big fat white guy who is apparently blind) who ran the service line seemed painfully incompetent to me... several terrible calls. And a few bad ones on the baseline for that matter too.
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...Roddick regularly hits second serves at 110+, in many of his matches, at least.
 
Nanshiki said:
I had no idea that top male pro second serves averaged about 85 MPH (Roddicks were about 90 and at most, 104).
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I was there too and although you are generally correct about the other players (but Wawrinka's first set was won on a 109mph second serve), Roddick was generally 100 - 105. But with brutal spin. He hit one second serve ace that was only 91mph, but the opponent couldn't reach it mostly because it was too high.
 
amarone said:
I was there too and although you are generally correct about the other players (but Wawrinka's first set was won on a 109mph second serve), Roddick was generally 100 - 105. But with brutal spin. He hit one second serve ace that was only 91mph, but the opponent couldn't reach it mostly because it was too high.
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Wawrinka rarely cleared 90 MPH on the second...

I had my eyes glued on the radar screen pretty much the whole time I was there, and I only saw a handfull of 100+ second serves from Roddick... and he only hit the ball 140+ like twice (once was into the net). I admit I did skip out a few points for drinks and bathroom breaks.

Also, I spent about half the time in the wrong section. Lol. I suck at reading my tickets.
 
Nanshiki said:
Wawrinka rarely cleared 90 MPH on the second...
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I agree, which was why the 109mph one was so memorable. I saw it, thought "wow", and checked the radar.

I had my eyes glued on the radar screen pretty much the whole time I was there, and I only saw a handfull of 100+ second serves from Roddick...
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Got to disagree with you there. The majority opf the time I looked, it was 100 - 105.
and he only hit the ball 140+ like twice (once was into the net).
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Again, I agree with you. 142 mph good, and then 146 mph into the net in the same game. Roddick was generally taking it easy - he did what he had to do, and not a lot more.
 
I wonder which idiot picked that green floor around the court. I could hardly see the ball on TV! The video quality was also very poor. It felt like watching a tennis match from the 70's or something.
 
lonestar said:
I wonder which idiot picked that green floor around the court. I could hardly see the ball on TV! The video quality was also very poor. It felt like watching a tennis match from the 70's or something.
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think it was just the video quality, i saw the balls fine, and they were more like yellow balls so the dark green didnt do too much.

didnt watch the blake wawrinka one, but blake is in poor form lately so not tooo surprising, it was a close 4 setter, roddick had two easy sets and took it nice and slow and as in control, in the 3rd set he failed to convert on his break points which led to a tiebreaker. he had triple break point at 5-4 i think. or double.
 
Lonestar..I agree. I couldnt follow the ball at all after the initial bounce. As soon as it entered the green area, I only saw it coming back.

The Blake match was a perfect example of why I am not a Blake fan. Seems like a heckuva a nice guy, but come on. No travel to speak of, in front of your home crowd, playing for your country (which I give him credit for)...and you get beat by that stiff?!

One more observation...does that towel thing by Roddick bother anyone else? After every shot he points to the towel boy who runs over with a towel for him to dab his face. Come On! Its not like they are playing in the AO and it is 100 degrees. Most of the time, he barely even wiped off. But the whole dramatic "point" and the fake wipe are a little too much. Lets Play!
Reminds me of the whole team giving a player a bump in the NBA...after every free throw!
 
Allegro is having a nightmare of a day.3 double faults in one game and another loose game give the US a set and a break up
 
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
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Andy Roddick to clinch it for the team tomorrow. :cool:
 
ferb55 said:
One more observation...does that towel thing by Roddick bother anyone else? After every shot he points to the towel boy who runs over with a towel for him to dab his face. Come On! Its not like they are playing in the AO and it is 100 degrees. Most of the time, he barely even wiped off. But the whole dramatic "point" and the fake wipe are a little too much. Lets Play!
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Anyone who has seen much tennis knows that Roddick sweats a lot. It may only have been 70 degrees or so, but he was sweating enough to have perspiration dripping off the bill of his cap.

And no, it doesn't bother me. Tossing the towel on the floor afterwards does bother me, though. Mostly he handed it back to the ballboy, but occasionally he just threw it behind him onto the floor.
 
amarone said:
Anyone who has seen much tennis knows that Roddick sweats a lot. It may only have been 70 degrees or so, but he was sweating enough to have perspiration dripping off the bill of his cap.

And no, it doesn't bother me. Tossing the towel on the floor afterwards does bother me, though. Mostly he handed it back to the ballboy, but occasionally he just threw it behind him onto the floor.
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He may be doing that so that the kid doesn't have to touch his bodily fluids, which I think is a good thing. After all, he's the one who then wipes his face with it the next time! :lol:

I do believe that no ball kids anywhere in the world should have to touch those towels. We've all seen players blow their noses into them, etc. The players s/b in charge of their own towels, IMO.
 
I was impressed that when one of them accidentally launched their racquet 30+ in the air that it didn't break when it landed on its head... and here I thought the Prince Speedport had issues with breaking. I meant to ask "DID IT BREAK?" afterwards but I wasn't convinced either one would be able to hear me over the crowd of autograph seekers.
 
Twice Wawrinka and the coach argued with the umpire over something, but we had no idea what - we couldn't see anything wrong or close decisions. One was the first point of the fourth game of the fourth set - Allegro served and Bob hit a good return and won the point.

Anyone know what the discussions were about?
 
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