Davis Cup Quarterfinals 2014…final day. Federer remains upbeat despite the Swiss loss yesterday against far less experienced Kazakh doubles team: “I’m actually very excited for tomorrow,” Federer said. “We are still the favorites for each singles match tomorrow, but with no more margin for error and we’re aware of that.” Thats the way to look at it I guess after a disappointing loss. In today’s matches we have Wavrinka going up against Kukushkin, a player who’s ranked well below him, but who he has lost against in the past and if Stanislas wins, we have Federer against Golubev who according …
Davis Cup Quarterfinals 2014
Davis Cup Quarterfinals 2014… Davis Cup is its own beast. Rankings means little, home court is vital, team spirit is suddenly everything. When you looked at the match-ups beforehand there were quite obvious favorites in all but one match (Great Britain vs Italy). But…this is Davis Cup. So it so happens that France, with Benneteau and Tsonga, lost 0-2 to Germany who were without Haas, Kohlschreiber and Mayer! Tsonga said about his match against 119-ranked Peter Gojowczyk : “It’s clear that this was one of those matches one can classify as unloseable and yet I lost it” This was very unexpected of …
The ATP World Tour takes a little “break” and heads into Davis Cup quarterfinals this weekend. Being from Sweden originally, Davis Cup has lost some of its appeal now that Sweden is such a “poor” tennis country, but I’ll try to cheer for Switzerland instead, as it starts with the same two letters in the alphabet (joke) and deserves a title with two players in the top 5. The quarterfinals in the Davis Cup 2014 are: Japan vs Czech Republic With Nishikori in the sidelines with injury this is all about the reigning champions with Berdych and Stepanek. France vs …