Thoughts I did not write about the dust up between Federer and Wawrinka this past Saturday because it was so minor. In a team sport, it would not even have registered. I think the individual nature of tennis made this into a bit of fodder for many tennis sites, but if Boris Becker and Michael…
Tag: Davis Cup
Davis Cup 2014: First Round Day 3 Recap
Davis Cup 2014: First Round France and Germany set up a big second round match. The winner should be favored to reach the final. Switzerland with two top 10 players should be favored to reach the final from the bottom half of the draw. The UK team will rise and fall with Andy Murray, but…
Davis Cup 2014: First Round Day 2 Recap
Davis Cup 2014 Germany and France advanced with 3-0 victories on their home courts Switzerland eliminated Serbia on the road 3-0 US Tennis mounted some resistance with a doubles win to head into the final day trailing the UK 1-2. Italy leads Argentina 2-1. Japan and Kazakstan lead 2-1 on their home courts. Davis…
Davis Cup 2014: First Round Day 1
Davis Cup 2014 Spain falling behind 2-0 to Germany looks off until one sees Spain’s roster Switzerland could be favored to take the cup this year. The Swiss lead Serbia 2-0 France and the Czech Republic are Contenders even if the Czechs are tied 1-1 after day 1 Carlos Berlocq needs to calm down The…
Milos Raonic May Make a Move
Milos and Jerzy Tennis is a funny sport. At Wimbledon, Poland’s Jerzy Janowwicz was the toast of the sport. He bludgeoned his way to the final four and had a few chances versus eventual champion Andy Murray. I even recall a tweet from a major tennis writer stating something along the lines that Janowicz was…
Youtube Tennis for the Week of 4-10 through 4-14-2012
1. Edberg vs. McEnroe at Wimbledon 1989 2. Muster vs. Sampras 1995 3. John Isner vs. Gilles Simon 2012
Power Ranking for April 8 – April 14
Dan Martin’s 2012 Power Rankings for the Week of April 8 through April 14 – Not a lot of change this week due to Davis Cup 1. Novak Djokovic – Novak is clearly the number one player in the world. 2. Roger Federer – Fed’s 2012 titles in Dubai, Rotterdam and Indian Wells have him holding the number…
Link to watch the USA – France Davis Cup Tie live
The USTA live stream Tennis needs to use new media to get the sport out there as often as possible so this is cool.
Jim Courier Gets a Signature Win
Courier’s Moment It is hard to say if Jim Courier will ever win a Davis Cup title as a captain. I also don’t think Davis Cup is nearly as important as it could be if reconfigured. Still, Courier coaching the US to an unlikely 5-0 victory at Switzerland including Roger Federer losing in singles and…
A Bad Weekend for Roger Federer
Roger Federer Goes 0-2 in the 2012 Davis Cup Roger Federer losing to John Isner in singles as well as losing the deciding doubles point for Switzerland will go into the files as one of his worst weekends. Going forward it will be interesting to see if Federer is suffering from tour fatigue or if…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 