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ITF To Use Hawk-Eye on Davis Cup and Fed Cup World Groups – But Who Pays

The ITF have finally decided to expand the use of Hawk-Eye replay technology for all rounds in the Davis Cup and Fed Cup World Groups.

The replay technology is used only for matches on hard and grass courts. Thus, it will be interesting to see if can be added to clay courts. Plus, with this addition does that mean the ITF will pay for Hawk-Eye to be implemented? or will the clubs or national organisations need to pay?

Alex Corretja New Spanish Davis Cup Captain

Alex Corretja has taken over as Spainish Davis Cup Captain. Corretja replaces another former top player as Davis Cup captain, Albert Costa.

“It’s a privilege to be able to captain the best team of players in the world,” said Corretja.

Its all scheduled to be officially announced at a press conference today.

Albert Costa No Longer Spain Davis Cup Captain

Albert Costa has decided to step down as Spain’s Davis Cup captain. Costa is set to become the coordinator of the Spanish federation’s national teams.

Costa was the captain of the Spanish Davis Cup team for three years and in that time was able to help them lift the title twice.

Costa says “after three fantastic years leading the Davis Cup team, I now look forward to this new challenge.”

Great Britain and Australia win 2011 Junior Davis Cup by BNP Paribas and Junior Fed Cup

The 2011 Junior Davis Cup by BNP Paribas and Junior Fed Cup finals are over and Great Britain and Australia are the winners.

JUNIOR DAVIS CUP BY BNP PARIBAS

Final

Great Britain (1) defeated Italy (2) 2-0

Evan Hoyt (GBR) d. Stefano Napolitano (ITA) 64 63

Kyle Edmund (GBR) d. Gianluigi Quinzi (ITA) 63 64

Doubles not played

3rd place play-off

France (6) defeated South Africa 2-0

Quentin Halys (FRA) d. Theo Ferreira (RSA) 63 62

Alexandre Favrot (FRA) d. Wayne Montgomery (RSA) 64 62

Doubles not played

5th place play-off

Australia (3) defeated Japan (4) 2-0

Daniel Guccione (AUS) d. Takashi Saito (JPN) 62 75

Nicholas Kyrgios (AUS) d. Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 64 64

Doubles not played

7th place play-off

Canada (8) defeated Chile (7) 2-0

Filip Obucina (CAN) d. Sebastian Penaloza (CHI) 63 60

Brayden Schnur (CAN) d. Guillermo Nunez (CHI) 36 61 62

Doubles not played

9th place play-off

Thailand defeated Hong Kong, China 2-0

Chayanon Kaewsuto (THA) d. Chun Hun Wong (HKG) 67(4) 64 75

Pruchya Isaro (THA) d. Pak Long Yeung (HKG) 63 64

Doubles not played

11th place play-off

Tunisia defeated Argentina 2-1

Pedro Cachin (ARG) d. Merouen Ferchichi (TUN) 62 62

Iskander Mansouri (TUN) d. Juan Pablo Paz (ARG) 26 63 64

Merouen Ferchichi/Iskander Mansouri (TUN) d. Francisco Bahamonde/Pedro Cachin (ARG) 75 64

13th place play-off

Mexico defeated Ecuador 2-0

Lucas Gomez (MEX) d. Juan Carvajal (ECU) 62 62

Ricardo Medinilla (MEX) d. Jose Chamba (ECU) 61 62

Doubles not played

15th place play-off

Germany defeated Israel (5) 2-0

Adrian Obert (GER) d. Eyal Cohen (ISR) 63 36 64

Hannes Wagner (GER) d. Or Ram-Harel (ISR) 63 61

Doubles not played

JUNIOR FED CUP BY BNP PARIBAS

Final

Australia (1) defeated Canada (2) 2-0

Belinda Woolcock (AUS) d. Carol Zhao (CAN) 61 63

Ashleigh Barty (AUS) d. Francoise Abanda (CAN) 62 63

Doubles not played

3rd place play-off

Czech Republic (5) defeated Italy (3) 2-0

Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) d. Camilla Rosatello (ITA) 61 62

Petra Rohanova (CZE) d. Giulia Pairone (ITA) 61 76(3)

Doubles not played

5th place play-off

Mexico (7) defeated Chinese Taipei 2-0

Alejandra Cisneros (MEX) d. Chu-Chen Chueh (TPE) 62 62

Victoria Rodriguez (MEX) d. Ya-Hsuan Lee (TPE) 62 57 63

Doubles not played

7th place play-off

South Africa defeated Germany 2-0

Ilze Hattingh (RSA) d. Antonia Lottner (GER) 64 62

Lynn Kiro (RSA) d. Sonja Larsen (GER) 61 57 62

Doubles not played

9th place play-off

Brazil (8) defeated Argentina 2-0

Carolina Meligeni Alves (BRA) d. Stephanie Petit (ARG) 64 75

Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) d. Maria Constanza Vega (ARG) 64 63

Doubles not played

11th place play-off

Spain (4) defeated Japan (6) 2-1

Mami Adachi (JPN) d. Miriam Rosell (ESP) 61 64

Sara Sorribes (ESP) d. Ayaka Okuno (JPN) 64 63

Miriam Civera/Miriam Rosell (ESP) d. Ayaka Okuno/Hikari Yamamoto (JPN) 63 26 61

13th place play-off

Romania defeated Great Britain 2-1

Pippa Horn (GBR) d. Nicoleta Catalina Dascalu (ROU) 64 75

Iona Loredana Rosca (ROU) d. Katy Dunne (GBR) 61 46 64

Nicoleta Catalina Dascalu/Iona Loredana Rosca (ROU) d. Katy Dunne/Pippa Horn (GBR) 63 61

15th place play-off

Thailand defeated Bolivia 2-0

Sawanya Vasupongchai (THA) d. Raquel Montalvo (BOL) 63 61

Nahathat Khuntaket (THA) d. Nabila Farah (BOL) 60 63

Doubles not played

Final Standings

Junior Davis Cup by BNP Paribas

1. Great Britain (1)

2. Italy (2)

3. France (6)

4. South Africa

5. Australia (3)

6. Japan (4)

7. Canada (8)

8. Chile (7)

9. Thailand

10. Hong Kong, China

11. Tunisia

12. Argentina

13. Mexico

14. Ecuador

15. Germany

16. Israel (5)

Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas

1. Australia (1)

2. Canada (2)

3. Czech Republic (5)

4. Italy (3)

5. Mexico (7)

6. Chinese Taipei

7. South Africa

8. Germany

9. Brazil (8)

10. Argentina

11. Spain (4)

12. Japan (6)

13. Romania

14. Great Britain

15. Thailand

16. Bolivia

Roger Federer is Become a bit of a Joker

It seems like as Roger Federer gets older he actually is starting to relax a lot more in the media and even tell some jokes.

Novak Djokovic Hurts Back and Gives Davis Cup Final Spot to Argentina

It wasnt a great weekend for Novak Djokovic! Djokovic hurt his back in the Davis Cup match against Juan Martin Del Potro, which allowed Argentina to defeat Serbia and move into the final.

In the third game of the second set, Djokovic re-aggravated the back injury he first had during the US Open.

Rafael Nadal is Tired But Will Be Ready for Davis Cup Semifinal

Rafael Nadal told DavisCup.com that he is tired in the lead up to the Davis Cup tie between Spain and France.

“I played very long match and for sure it is a challenge for me. I am trying for my country but it’s tough. For me it’s not a mental problem, it’s a physical problem. I am ready to play mentally, but physically two and a half weeks was hard.”

Roger Federer Signs Some Autographs for Kids

Roger Federer was nice enough to stop and sign some autographs for kids as he gets ready to play the Davis Cup in Sydney.

Davis Cup Press Conference: Australia vs Switzerland

Straight after the US Open everyone moves to their respective Davis Cup ties. Here is the first press conference we found and its for the Davis Cup 2011 World Group Playoff between Australia and Switzerland.

p.s. Federer wasnt there, but he is flying in on Wednesday.

Davis Cup 2011 Semifinal and World Group Playoff Team Nominations

Here are the team nominations for the 2011 Davis Cup. The semifinals and world group playoffs will be held September 16-18.

WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS

SERBIA v ARGENTINA

Venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, SRB (hard – indoors)

Serbia

Novak Djokovic

Viktor Troicki

Janko Tipsarevic

Nenad Zimonjic

Captain: Bogdan Obradovic

Argentina

Juan Martin del Potro

Juan Ignacio Chela

Juan Monaco

David Nalbandian

Captain: Tito Vazquez

SPAIN v FRANCE

Venue: Plaza de Toros de los Califas, Cordoba, ESP (clay – outdoors)

Spain

Rafael Nadal

David Ferrer

Fernando Verdasco

Feliciano Lopez

Captain: Albert Costa

France

Gael Monfils

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Gilles Simon

Richard Gasquet

Captain: Guy Forget

WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS

ROMANIA v CZECH REPUBLIC

Venue: Centrul National De Tenis, Bucharest, ROU (clay – outdoors)

Romania

Adrian Ungur

Victor Crivoi

Horia Tecau

Marius Copil

Captain: Andrei Pavel

Czech Republic

Tomas Berdych

Radek Stepanek

Lukas Rosol

Jan Hajek

Captain: Jaroslav Navratil

RUSSIA v BRAZIL

Venue: Kazan Tennis Academy, Kazan, RUS (hard – indoors)

Russia

Mikhail Youzhny

Dmitry Tursunov

Igor Kunitsyn

Igor Andreev

Captain: Shamil Tarpischev

Brazil

Thomaz Bellucci

Ricardo Mello

Bruno Soares

Marcelo Melo

Captain: Joao Zwetsch

ISRAEL v CANADA

Venue: Canada Stadium, Ramat Hasharon, ISR (hard – outdoors)

Israel

Dudi Sela

Amir Weintraub

Jonathan Erlich

Andy Ram

Captain: Eyal Ran

Canada

Milos Raonic

Vasek Pospisil

Peter Polansky

Daniel Nestor

Captain: Martin Laurendeau

SOUTH AFRICA v CROATIA

Venue: Fanie Du Toit Sports Stadium, Potchefstroom, RSA (hard – outdoors)

South Africa

Kevin Anderson

Rik de Voest

Izak van der Merwe

Raven Klaasen

Captain: John-Laffnie de Jager

Croatia

Marin Cilic

Ivan Dodig

Antonio Veic

Nikola Mektic

Captain: Goran Prpic

CHILE v ITALY

Venue: Estadio Nacional, Santiago, CHI (hard – outdoors)

Chile

Paul Capdeville

Jorge Aguilar

Fernando Gonzalez

Nicolas Massu

Captain: Hans Gildemeister

Italy

Fabio Fognini

Potito Starace

Simone Bolelli

Daniele Bracciali

Captain: Corrado Barazzutti

JAPAN v INDIA

Venue: Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, JPN (hard – outdoors)

Japan

Kei Nishikori

Tatsuma Ito

Go Soeda

Yuichi Sugita

Captain: Eiji Takeuchi

India

Somdev Devvarman

Rohan Bopanna

Leander Paes

Mahesh Bhupathi

Captain: Shiv Prakash Misra

BELGIUM v AUSTRIA

Venue: Lotto Arena, Antwerp, BEL (hard – indoors)

Belgium

Xavier Malisse

Olivier Rochus

Steve Darcis

Ruben Bemelmans

Captain: Johan van Herck

Austria

Jurgen Melzer

Andreas Haider-Maurer

Oliver Marach

Alexander Peya

Captain: Gilbert Schaller

AUSTRALIA v SWITZERLAND

Venue: Royal Sydney Golf Club, Sydney, AUS (grass – outdoors)

Australia

Bernard Tomic

Marinko Matosevic

Lleyton Hewitt

Chris Guccione

Captain: Patrick Rafter

Switzerland

Roger Federer

Stanislas Wawrinka

Stephane Bohli

Marco Chiudinelli

Captain: Severin Luthi

AMERICAS ZONE GROUP I FIRST ROUND RELEGATION PLAY-OFF

ECUADOR v MEXICO

Venue: Francisco Segura Cano (Guayaquil Tenis Club), Guayaquil, ECU (clay – outdoors)

Ecuador

Julio-Cesar Campozano

Ivan Endara

Roberto Quiroz

Juan-Sebastian Vivanco

Captain: Raul Viver

Mexico

Daniel Garza

Miguel Gallardo

Cesar Ramirez

Santiago Gonzalez

Captain: Jorge Lozano

ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND RELEGATION PLAY-OFF

PHILIPPINES v CHINESE TAIPEI

Venue: Plantation Bay Resort and Spa, Lapu-Lapu, PHI (clay – outdoors)

Philippines

Treat Huey

Ruben Gonzales

Jeson Patrombon

Playing captain: Cecil Mamiit

Chinese Taipei

Ti Chen

Yeu-Tzuoo Wang

Hsin-Han Lee

Chu-Huan Yi

Captain: Chia-Yen Tsai

EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND RELEGATION PLAY-OFFS

FINLAND v POLAND

Venue: Barona Arena, Espoo, FIN (hard – indoors)

Finland

Jarkko Nieminen

Henri Kontinen

Harri Heliovaara

Micke Kontinen

Captain: Kim Tiilikainen

Poland

Jerzy Janowicz

Grzegorz Panfil

Mariusz Fyrstenberg

Marcin Matkowski

Captain: Radoslaw Szymanik

SLOVAK REPUBLIC v UKRAINE

Venue: Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, SVK (clay – outdoors)

Slovak Republic

Martin Klizan

Lukas Lacko

Pavol Cervenak

Filip Polasek

Captain: Miloslav Mecir

Ukraine

Sergiy Stakhovsky

Illya Marchenko

Sergei Bubka

Artem Smirnov

Captain: Orest Tereshchuk

AMERICAS ZONE GROUP II THIRD ROUND

PARAGUAY v PERU

Venue: Club Internacional de Tenis CIT, Asuncion, PAR (clay – outdoors)

Paraguay

Daniel Lopez

Diego Galeano

Jose Benitez

Gustavo Ramirez

Captain: Victor Pecci

Peru

Dulio Beretta

Mauricio Echazu

Ivan Miranda

Sergio Galdos

Captain: Luis Horna

ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP II THIRD ROUND

KOREA, REP. v THAILAND

Venue: Gimcheon Total Sports Town Tennis Courts, Gimcheon, KOR (hard – outdoors)

Korea, Rep.

Yong-Kyu Lim

Young-Jun Kim

Suk-Young Jeong

Jae-Min Seol

Captain: Yong-Il Yoon

Thailand

Kittiphong Wachiramanowong

Perakiat Siriluethaiwattana

Sonchat Ratiwatana

Sanchai Ratiwatana

Captain: Tanakorn Srichaphan

EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP II THIRD ROUND

GREAT BRITAIN v HUNGARY

Venue: Braehead Arena, Glasgow, GBR (hard – indoors)

Great Britain

Andy Murray

James Ward

Colin Fleming

Ross Hutchins

Captain: Leon Smith

Hungary

Adam Kellner

Attila Balazs

Kornel Bardoczky

Gyorgy Balazs

Captain: Miklos Hornok

DENMARK v BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

Venue: Hillerod Tennisklub, Hillerod, DEN

Denmark

Frederik Nielsen

Martin Pedersen

Thomas Kromann

Christoffer Konigsfeldt

Captain: Kenneth Carlsen

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Amer Delic

Aldin Setkic

Damir Dzumhur

Ismar Gorcic

Captain: Daver Vranic

Australia Make a Stupid Decision and Choose Grass for Their Davis Cup Tie with Switzerland

For some reason Australia has chosen to play on grass for their upcoming Davis Cup tie with Switzerland in September. This choice seems foolish considering Roger Federer is pretty much unbeatable on grass!

I can only think this is because they are going to play Tomic and Guccione who both have very large serves and their best surface is grass. However, they need to basically win 2 singles and the doubles, because they will lose 2 singles rubbers to Roger Federer.

There has been no official comment from Tennis Australia on why they select grass over the other surfaces.

The Australia-Switzerland winner will advance to the topflight World Group next year.

Andy Murray Trying to Get the Sympathy Vote

Andy Murray isnt the most likeable guy in the world and Im wondering if he is trying to gain public sympathy. Andy cried at the recently British Davis Cup even, but to me it seemed to be put on a little bit. What do you think?

Davis Cup 2011 World Group Playoff Draw

The Davis Cup 2011 World Group Play-offs are here and they will happen on September 16-18.

  • Romania v Czech Republic (s)
  • Russia (s) (*) v Brazil
  • Israel (s) (*) v Canada
  • South Africa (*) v Croatia (s)
  • Chile (s) v Italy
  • Japan v India (s)
  • Belgium v Austria (s)
  • Australia v Switzerland (s)

 

(s) denotes seeded nation

(*) denotes choice of ground determined by lot

Kei Nishikori Helps Japan Defeat Uzbekistan in Davis Cup

Kei Nishikori has defeated Denis Istomin to get Japan in the Davis Cup World Group playoffs. Nishikori defeated Istomin 6-7 7-5 6-4 6-3 to give Japan a 3-1 win.

This win has given Japan a chance to make the World Group in the Davis Cup for the first time since 1985.

 

Davis Cup World Group 2011 Quarterfinal Results

In case you missed the results from the Davis Cup this weekend here they all are. This is of course the 2011 World Group.

Serbia def. Sweden = 4-1

V. Troicki (SRB) def. M. Ryderstedt (SWE) = 6-3 6-1 6-7 7-5

J. Tipsarevic (SRB) def. E. Eleskovic (SWE) = 6-2 1-0. def.

S. Aspelin and R. Lindstedt (SWE) def. N. Djokovic and N. Zimonjic (SRB) = 6-4 7-6 7-5

J. Tipsarevic (SRB) def. M. Ryderstedt (SWE) = 6-2 7-5 6-3

V. Troicki (SRB) def. R. Linstedt (SWE) = 3-6 6-4 0-0

Argentina def. Kazakhstan = 5-0

J. Monaco (ARG) def. A. Golubev (KAZ) = 6-3 6-0 6-4

J. Del Potro (ARG) def. M. Kukushikin (KAZ) = 6-2 6-1 6-2

J. Chela and E. Schwank (ARG) def. E. Korolev and Y. Schukin (KAZ) = 6-3 6-2 7-5

J. Chela (ARG) def. E. Korolev (KAZ) = 2-6 6-2 6-0

J. Monaco (ARG) def. M. Kukushkin (KAZ) = 6-4 6-1

Spain def. USA = 3-1

F. Lopez (ESP) def. M. Fish (USA) = 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-7 8-6

D. Ferrer (ESP) def. A. Roddick (USA) = 7-6 7-5 6-3

B. Bryan and M. Bryan (USA) def. M. Granollers and F. Verdasco (ESP) = 6-7 6-4 6-4 6-4

D. Ferrer (ESP) def. M. Fish (USA) = 7-5 7-6 5-7 7-6

France def. Germany = 4-1

R. Gasquet (FRA) def. F. Mayer (GER) = 4-6 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-3

G. Monfils (FRA) def. P. Kohlschreiber (GER) = 7-6 7-6 6-4

M. Llodra and J. Tsonga (FRA) def. C. Kas and P. Petzchner (GER) = 7-6 6-4 6-4

P. Petzchner (GER) def. M. Llodra (FRA) 6-3 6-4

J. Tsonga (FRA) def. P. Kohlschreiber (GER) 7-6 7-6

Roger Federer and Marco Chiudinelli Promote Davis Cup in Switzerland

A weird little video of Roger Federer and Marco Chiudinelli promoting the Davis Cup in Switzerland.

Australia Lead Davis Cup Tie Against China: Hewitt and Guccione Win the Doubles

Lleyton Hewitt and Chris Guccione have been able to push Australia ahead in their Davis Cup tie against China. The pair defeated Maoxin Gong and Zhe Li 6-4 6-4 6-4.

Australia now lead the tie 2-1.

Friday’s Results:

Bernard Tomic d Zhang Ze 6-3 5-7 6-4 6-4.
Di Wu d Marinko Matosevic 4-6 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-4

Lleyton Hewitt To Not Play Singles Match in Australian Davis Cup Tie with China

In a bit of a shock, Lleyton Hewitt has been left out of Australia’s Davis Cup tie with China. Hewitt has been saved for the doubles match while Bernard Tomic and Marinko Matosevic will play the single rubbers.

Tomic (71) and Matosevic (141) are still heavy favourites against the Chinese players Wu (404) and Zhang Ze (382).

Hewitt and Chris Guccione will contest the doubles rubber against Mao-Xin Gong and and Li Zhe.

Swiss Davis Cup Serving Practice: Roger Federer Playing Arse!

This seems to be how the Swiss David Cup team practice their serve. Not sure I would want Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka serving at my ass!

Roger Federer Practicing Before Switzerlands Davis Cup Tie Against Portugal

Roger Federer has been practicing with his Swiss teammates, getting ready for their upcoming Davis Cup tie against Portugal.

Here are some photos from their practice session.