SPORTS: Tennis - A Davis Cup weekend
Feb. 5th, 2017 01:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feather_ghyllAs I write, Great Britain is up 2 rubbers (or matches) to 1 in its tie against Canada in the Davis Cup. They're playing indoors in Ottowa and up until today, the timing has suited me rather well. On Friday, I watched the first match, where Dan Evans seemed rather comfortable with his position within the top 50 after improving on his performance in the US Open with a spectacular run in Australia. He was playing a teenager, and yes, I did want to cut his hair, who showed potential, but not that much nous and gave away points with errors.
That had started at eight our time and finished under two hours. I didn't start watching the second match, though, and woke up to find Edmund had lost, making it 1-1 and the doubles more crucial. For some reason, the doubles were on even earlier and on BBC 2 instead of the red button. The Canadians, being the home side, had had the choice of location and had obviously gone for an indoor quick court to suit their best player, Roanic, but unfortunately he wasn't playing (as were very few top 20 players, causing much bemoaning and discussion of What Can Be Done.) This meant that truly entertaining points were few and far between, and while I was watching while doing other things, I missed a few of them live, but it was tense as there were three tie-breakers and four players who knew their way around a doubles court. Murray and Inglot won two of the tie-breaks and Popsil, the Canadians' top player for the weekend was a little fragile.
Unfortunately, tonight is when the timing and I don't see eye to eye. The winner will play France.
That had started at eight our time and finished under two hours. I didn't start watching the second match, though, and woke up to find Edmund had lost, making it 1-1 and the doubles more crucial. For some reason, the doubles were on even earlier and on BBC 2 instead of the red button. The Canadians, being the home side, had had the choice of location and had obviously gone for an indoor quick court to suit their best player, Roanic, but unfortunately he wasn't playing (as were very few top 20 players, causing much bemoaning and discussion of What Can Be Done.) This meant that truly entertaining points were few and far between, and while I was watching while doing other things, I missed a few of them live, but it was tense as there were three tie-breakers and four players who knew their way around a doubles court. Murray and Inglot won two of the tie-breaks and Popsil, the Canadians' top player for the weekend was a little fragile.
Unfortunately, tonight is when the timing and I don't see eye to eye. The winner will play France.
