Fed Cup 2012

indiana · Tennis legend

RE: Fed Cup 2012

murrayman650 · ATP level

15-0 (0-15)

15-15 (15-15)

15-30 (30-15)

15-40 (30-30)

30-40 (30-40)

(40-40)

2-0 GB (Adv Netherlands)

(40-40)

0-15

0-30

15-30 (adv Israel)

(40-40)

(adv Israel)

15-40

30-40

40-40 (40-40)

Adv GB (Adv Israel)

3-0 Gb (2-1 Israel)

Julia Carrot · All-time great

5 - 0 !!! Good grief girls ! Do they realize who they are playing?

murrayman650 · ATP level

(15-0)

(30-0)

(40-0)

Israel Gsm 5-7 7-6 6-1

1 rubber each

indiana · Tennis legend

Yea, well it was 40 - 15 MP on the live scores and then disappeared, so I assume they have won 7 - 5 6 - 0.

Glad that I interjected that matches, sets and games against all teams could count. Seems to have really concentrated their minds wink

philwrig · Hall of fame

The other match in our group is helping our chances tomorrow as well as Krajicek is going to have to come out and play a deciding doubles after playing a gruelling 2.5 hr match against Peer. She should be tired and will have to play late into the night.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Pretty much the perfect start to our Fed Cup campaign with all 4 girls contributing.

Tomorrow will be tougher and obviusly becomes a must win tie if Holland win the doubles tonight. If Israel win tomorrow's tie is not quite as vital but we would still I think need to win at least one rubber.

murrayman650 · ATP level

3-0 in rubbers

No sets lost

Really Can't go Better than that biggrin

Jan · Hall of fame

exactly - the perfect start, and they should all draw confidence from their matches. Well done to Judy too!

steven · Tennis legend

That's the 5th time in the last 7 years that GB have opened up with a 3-0 win (both exceptions were 2-1 losses to Switzerland when the Swiss were the highest-ranked team in the pool), which is a reminder that today's win is only a start, albeit an excellent one

Even better to see NED and ISR starting a live doubles rubber with their two singles players at 9.30 pm local time!

Whoever thought we'd see the day when the current DC and Fed Cup captains were sitting on a combined record of 21-2 in rubbers since appointment! (not quite as good as the DC-only record of 23 rubbers in a row in the early 1930s, but it'll do LOL) Tougher challenges lie ahead, obviously, but winning is an excellent habit to get into.

philwrig · Hall of fame

I think it would be marginally better for Netherlands to beat Israel, and then if we were to win tomorrow that would make it virtually certain that we would qualify. Interestingly Bertens is not featuring at all for the Dutch today, so both Schoofs and Krajicek are going to be more tired for tomorrow's matches.

In reference to Steven's stat about the record of the current DC and FC captains of course Leon is also out there at the moment.

murrayman650 · ATP level

Netherlands (Krajicek/Shoops) v Israel (Peer/Glusko)

Netherlands to serve first

So We are looking for a Long three Setter Then

murrayman650 · ATP level

0-15

15-15

30-15

40-15

1-0

murrayman650 · ATP level

0-15

15-15

30-15

40-15

40-30

1-1

0-15

0-30

15-40

2-1 Israel

philwrig · Hall of fame

indiana wrote:
One imagines that it is probably same again vs Netherlands.
My only concern would be how well Anne has played, being aware of a courtside supporter tweet that Koehler was looking surprisingly poor.
If she has played reasonably well and given how well the girls' doubles went, it makes life easier. Also, as has been poiinted out with such as Krajicek, it's potentially quite useful players just having to play one match a day.

-- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 1st of February 2012 07:55:30 PM

Anne also has recent wins over both Schoofs and Bertens, so barring something very peculiar happening, I doubt that Judy will change the lineup.