[Davis Cup 2008 #1] 8 Feb starting !!

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Op zondag 10 februari 2008 20:03 schreef Norrage het volgende:
Ik vind DJokovic een geweldige speler, maar hij heeft geen enkele vechtersmentaliteit en het is een arrogante, lelijke kwal...Waarom in godsnaam opgeven hier? Zo belangrijk is Davis Cup verdomme! ELKE speler (ook top 5 spelers) was hier gewoon doorgegaan, maar hij niet...Als je de wedstrijden gaat tellen waarin Djokovic opgeeft..ongelooflijk. Fed heeft in zijn hele carriere nog NOOIT opgegeven, Djoko al minstens 10x of zo. Hij is gewoon een mietje.

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Op zondag 10 februari 2008 19:39 schreef Tim86 het volgende:
en vanwege duizeligheid ook nog eens..als het nu een gewrichtsblessure was....

Wat kan je nou verneuken>

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Op maandag 11 februari 2008 13:16 schreef The_BoezelaaR het volgende:
Macedonie uit.

Duur vliegticket, maar ter plekke kost het geen drol. Toch maar es kijken of er een leuk tripje in zit begin april

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Op maandag 11 februari 2008 17:19 schreef Tim86 het volgende:
Damn ik ga de volgende keer ook naar het Franse Davis Cup feestje

Zoals ze bij Dit was het nieuws zouden zeggen: Gelukkig hebben we de foto's nog!
http://www.e-pariuri.ro/forum/viewthread.php?tid=10329

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Op maandag 11 februari 2008 19:27 schreef franklop het volgende:
weet iemand of de antillen gewonnen heeft?

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Op zaterdag 1 maart 2008 18:58 schreef kleinzusje het volgende:

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Op maandag 31 maart 2008 11:57 schreef kleinzusje het volgende:
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Davis Cup - Quarter-finals attract big names

Andy Roddick's rare victory over world number one Roger Federer last week has boosted his confidence in time for this weekend's Davis Cup quarter-finals where he will pilot holders the United States against France.

Eight of the world's top 10 players will line up for the four ties being played from Friday to Sunday.

The Americans will stick to the familiar line-up of world number six Roddick, world number eight James Blake and the top-ranked doubles partnership of Bob and Mike Bryan for their tie at home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

It is the 10th tie in a row that captain Patrick McEnroe has played the same team that delivered the United States their first Davis Cup in 12 years when they beat Russia in December.

"I'm excited to get out there and try to defend our title," said Roddick, noting the Winston-Salem crowd helped lift the U.S. to a quarter-final victory last year over Spain.

"They're loud, that's for sure. We have a tough opponent in France, and I'm sure they're going to realise that and we'll probably need them," added Roddick, who beat Federer in the quarter-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open last week.

Australian Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga pulled out of France's team with a knee injury on Wednesday.

World number 13 Tsonga, who felt pain in his right knee during training and will have to rest for a week, will be replaced by Arnaud Clement.

France's number one Richard Gasquet, the world number 10, and Paul-Henri Mathieu are expected to play singles with Clement and Michael Llodra teaming up in doubles.

A confident world number four, Nikolay Davydenko, who won his biggest career title in Miami, will lead the Russians against the Czech Republic in Moscow.

Davydenko will be helped by Dmitry Tursunov, Igor Andreev and Mikhail Youzhny, the latter who made headlines in Miami when he repeatedly hit his head with his racket in anger at missing a shot, drawing blood that dripped down his forehead.

The Russians, who have won the Davis Cup title twice in the last seven years, have not lost a home tie since 1998.

Nevertheless, Davydenko, did not sound too confident of breaking Russia's 4-4 standoff with the Czech Republic.

"I don't know if I can play clay court now against Czech Republic because I am feeling good but it's a different surface," Davydenko said after his Miami win.

Miami semi-finalist Tomas Berdych, ranked ninth in the world, will be the principal force behind the Czechs' efforts along with Radek Stepanek, Lukas Dlouhy and Pavel Vizner.

After sitting out the first round, world number two Rafael Nadal returns to spearhead Spain's campaign for a third Davis Cup title, joining number five David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez for their trip to Germany.

"We have a complete team," said Nadal. "So we hope to have the chance to be in the semi-finals and finally play at home after a long time."

The Germans, who lead Spain 9-4 in past Davis Cup meetings, are likely to feel understaffed against Spain without a top 10 player of their own in their team of Philipp Kohlschreiber, Nicolas Kiefer, Michael Berrer, and Philipp Petzschner.

In the weekend's other quarter-final, Argentina host Sweden .

Argentina will field a strong team of world number seven David Nalbandian, Guillermo Canas, Juan Monaco and Jose Acasuso when they host Sweden's team of Robin Soderling, Jonas Bjorkman, Thomas Johansson and Robert Lindstedt.

Sweden captain Mats Wilander knows playing Argentina at home on clay will be a daunting task, saying: "Argentina are the favourites for sure but I think we have a better chance this time than we did (playing there) in 2006."