TENNIS: Davis Cup quarter finals
Apr. 7th, 2014 07:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feather_ghyllI dipped into the end of both parts of Murray’s singles match in the Davis Cup and watched the doubles, which became quite exciting. I didn’t see the fourth rubber where Fonignin outplayed Murray/Murray lost, but did watch Ward not quite manage to keep up with Seppi or take advantage of his opponent's nervy state. Again, we’re left with the fact of the void between the top singles player and the rest – no matter how good doubles specialists are, world-class players in scratch partnerships are still world-class players.
We were a bit too hasty in speculating whether Switzerland at home would be better than Khazakstan away.
The views of the bay of Naples were very enticing, even with the rainclouds.
I don’t have any constructive suggestions about how to improve Davis Cup, but as a tennis fan, I would have loved to have been able to watch some of the match-ups referred to over the weekend and would certainly like the opportunity to watch the final. The team aspect and watching players represent their country in such partisan conditions make it interesting.
Some of the commentators referred to the whole tie as a match, which irritated me. A rubber is still a match, isn’t it, with the five making up the tie?
I did like Inglot coming in as someone who has recently been on the squad, replacing Ross Hutchens in the commentating (from the UK studio) team.
We were a bit too hasty in speculating whether Switzerland at home would be better than Khazakstan away.
The views of the bay of Naples were very enticing, even with the rainclouds.
I don’t have any constructive suggestions about how to improve Davis Cup, but as a tennis fan, I would have loved to have been able to watch some of the match-ups referred to over the weekend and would certainly like the opportunity to watch the final. The team aspect and watching players represent their country in such partisan conditions make it interesting.
Some of the commentators referred to the whole tie as a match, which irritated me. A rubber is still a match, isn’t it, with the five making up the tie?
I did like Inglot coming in as someone who has recently been on the squad, replacing Ross Hutchens in the commentating (from the UK studio) team.
