Week 47 - Davis Cup Final 8 - Málaga, Spain (indoor hard)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Week 47 - Davis Cup Final 8 - Málaga, Spain (indoor hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF/1: Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) WR 55 (CH = 27 in January) defeated Jack Draper WR 60 (CH = 38 in January) by 7-6(2) 7-6(6) hmm

That's our goose cooked! cry

Jan · Hall of fame

What a match! I thoroughly enjoyed that, even though Jack lost.

Jan · Hall of fame

Cam has nothing to lose. Go for it!!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Jan wrote:
What a match! I thoroughly enjoyed that, even though Jack lost.

Ditto , really good match. Jack dominated the winners tally but had 3 times as many unforced errors. Kecmanovic was solid!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

From the Beeb's live text commentary:

Novak Djokovic wants the Davis Cup knockout phase to travel around the world and not just be confined to Spain. Since a revamp of the men's team event in 2019, the final stages of the tournament have always been played in Spanish cities.

"This is a competition that is played globally," Djokovic said. "It shouldn't stay in one place more than a year."

Eight nations have been competing in the week-long event, but Spain failed to qualify.

The Davis Cup, which started in 1900, used to be played in a home-and-away format, often creating a partisan atmosphere, but regularly missing top players.

& a few minutes later:

So, Novak Djokovic fancies a change of scenery, but could the Davis Cup move back to home and away ties?

Some of the players fancy it. World number 12 Alex de Minaur made his debut for Australia in a five-set thriller against Germany's Alexander Zverev at the Pat Rafter Arena in Brisbane in February 2018.

"In a heartbeat I would want the competition to go back to what it used to be," he said. "I was lucky enough to get a taste of what home and away ties meant. I was able to make my debut at home in front of a packed Brisbane crowd - to this day it still gives me goosebumps."

But International Tennis Federation (ITF) president, David Haggerty, said the home and away format "is not going to work". "It would not be a good competition if we went back to only home and away. Sometimes the loudest voices aren't always the majority," he said.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Cams doing well but Novak is in 3rd gear

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

I notice the British team are wearing AMC clothing - Andy Murrays brand. Is that ok? Trying to work out if I feel that is a conflict of interests or not?

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
QF/1: Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) WR 55 (CH = 27 in January) defeated Jack Draper WR 60 (CH = 38 in January) by 7-6(2) 7-6(6)
That's our goose cooked!

QF/2: Novak Djokovic (SRB) WR 1 defeated Cameron Norrie WR 18 (CH = 8 in September last year) by 4 & 4

Serbia defeated Great Britain by 2 rubbers to 0

Goose well & truly cooked. Pity Neal & Joe didn't get a second chance to show whether they could gel as a team. cry

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Another reason to dislike this format with a vengeance. The doubles guys fly out, train all week, psyche themselves up, we fly out the world's best doubles coach and now they all travel home again without setting a foot on court in anger. Doubles is completely devalued.

Smudge226 · Strong Club Player

David Haggerty throws statements about with no evidence at all..

"home and away format "is not going to work". "It would not be a good competition if we went back to only home and away.."

Congratulations to Serbia, with Kecmanovic in this form they will be difficult to stop.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Gb tried hard and both players gave their all. Agree with Bob re Joe and Neal and Louis.

Italy v Serbia and sinner v Djoko again, maybe in singles and doubles

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Got to favour Australian win over Finland; the way Kecmanovic and Djoko played today, theyll be hard for Italy to beat and I think must be favourites overall to win now.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Be great to hear from one of the folks who went on what it was like?!

indiana · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
From the Beeb's live text commentary:
Novak Djokovic wants the Davis Cup knockout phase to travel around the world and not just be confined to Spain. Since a revamp of the men's team event in 2019, the final stages of the tournament have always been played in Spanish cities.
"This is a competition that is played globally," Djokovic said. "It shouldn't stay in one place more than a year."
Eight nations have been competing in the week-long event, but Spain failed to qualify.
The Davis Cup, which started in 1900, used to be played in a home-and-away format, often creating a partisan atmosphere, but regularly missing top players.
& a few minutes later:
So, Novak Djokovic fancies a change of scenery, but could the Davis Cup move back to home and away ties?
Some of the players fancy it. World number 12 Alex de Minaur made his debut for Australia in a five-set thriller against Germany's Alexander Zverev at the Pat Rafter Arena in Brisbane in February 2018.
"In a heartbeat I would want the competition to go back to what it used to be," he said. "I was lucky enough to get a taste of what home and away ties meant. I was able to make my debut at home in front of a packed Brisbane crowd - to this day it still gives me goosebumps."
But International Tennis Federation (ITF) president, David Haggerty, said the home and away format "is not going to work". "It would not be a good competition if we went back to only home and away. Sometimes the loudest voices aren't always the majority," he said.

The trouble is probably how loud Haggerty and co's voices are. Hate tte format. Yes, home & away in a heartbeat, Alex.

Good effort from our guys but 4 sets of tennis, over and out in Not the Davis Cup.