Fed Cup 2012

murrayman650 · ATP level

RE: Fed Cup 2012

djlovesyou · Strong Club Player

Bally back in business. Come on!

jake270392 · Intermediate Club Player

Also although Sweden were through yesterday and they didn't play their best players today, they still started at the same time as we did so I cant see one match in the morning and the other at night as it wouldn't be fair, also they have Radwanska which might mean they get Centre court?? We will find out soon :)

Montana Doug · Futures qualifying

Pe'er is clearly hurt....wish she would walk up to the net and shake hands....just to save Bally some juice....hopefully Bally can wrap this up quick.

murrayman650 · ATP level

15-0

30-0

40-0

40-15

3-3 (Injury timeout)

Montana Doug · Futures qualifying

I really want Bally to get the boost of beating her in straights....but stop start stop start in cold weather is not good for her.....just shake hands Pe'er....lol

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Austrian #1 Tamira Paszek WR 48 doesn't look to be in good form. Their results vs. Austria:

T. VOROBJOVA lost to P. MAYR-ACHLEITNER 0-6 0-6
A. KONTAVEIT def. T. PASZEK 6-4 7-6(3)
A. KONTAVEIT / T. VOROBJOVA lost to S. KLEMENSCHITS / T. PASZEK 4-6 4-6

Anett Kontaveit is WR 588s/986d and Vorobjova WR UNRs/896d and Sandra Klemenschits is WR 82 in doubles.

Her scoreline against Pironkova was more respectable, but still a loss

P. MAYR-ACHLEITNER def. E. KOSTOVA 6-3 6-3
T. PASZEK lost to T. PIRONKOVA 3-6 6-1 1-6
P. MAYR-ACHLEITNER / Y. MEUSBURGER def. D. EVTIMOVA / T. PIRONKOVA 6-1 6-2

philwrig · Hall of fame

jake270392 wrote:

Also although Sweden were through yesterday and they didn't play their best players today, they still started at the same time as we did so I cant see one match in the morning and the other at night as it wouldn't be fair, also they have Radwanska which might mean they get Centre court?? We will find out soon :)

There's a morning match and a afternoon match both being streamed live.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Assuming they do play the dubs, without Peer this should a virtual walkover for the Brits.

djlovesyou · Strong Club Player

Yep, I saw that RBBOT.

Mayr is very beatable by our girls (but is also sometimes very losable too) Should be interesting.

indiana · Tennis legend

RBBOT wrote:
indiana wrote:
jake270392 wrote:
Im guessing no one will know for sure but do both the promotion playoffs matches start at the same time, if not do you think both will be streamed or will they show Israel??

I would guess both promotion play-offs will be on the main court. They have had early and late sessions all week. Hope so and that they are streamed.
I don't know though.
Also, I'm not sure if Israel will be playing. I think the 2nd and 3rds in groups do play-off for final positions, but I'm not sure ?
There can't be a meaningfull play-off for 2nd/3rd place - what does "best of the teams who were 2nd in groups A/C" mean? It doesn't give you a placing against the teams who were 2nd in groups B/D.

Actually, I've just checked last year, because I had a feeling... smile

And indeed, we finshed 2nd in our group and did play-off ( and beat ) Croatia, who were second in their group. From reading the 2011 thread, evidently such play-offs do count for Fed Cup rankings in some way.

So, if it's still the same, the 2nd and 3rd teams in groups will play again.

Montana Doug · Futures qualifying

Great win for Bally here whatever is said about the injury and team GB already through....to keep her head down against this quality of an opponent and get the win here is huge....fantastic effort....GREAT WIN!!!!! Congrats and enjoy it!!!!!

djlovesyou · Strong Club Player

Anne and Bally are racking up those wins on the all-time list.

Looking back at their record they do deserve so much credit for their tireless effort for the cause over so many years.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

I just caught the end of Bally's match on stream. Thanks for the link guys.

Are they going to play the doubles now?

djlovesyou · Strong Club Player

The tie is 2-0 now. Both of our girls won the singles.