Men's Tennis Davis Cup 2018

[Wanderer 1,726]

South Korea is 0-2 against Pakistan  I need Pakistan to lose because they're most likely the only team NZ could beat without drama in Relegation play-offs  

[thepharoah 2,405]

Egypt is facing Norway in Sharm El Sheikh without their key player Casper Ruud in Afro/European 2nd Group 1st round , so i think we must qualify this time to 2nd round 

[heywoodu 15,174]

Wow, De Bakker beat Mannarino in straight sets 

[dareza 911]

Good match for Djere but not enough for win. Probably same situation will be in next match.

[dareza 911]

eh Lajovic was sooo close.

 

The end for us. Expected.

[thepharoah 2,405]

Germany leads over Australia 2-1 

[thepharoah 2,405]

Zverev defeats Kyrgios in Straight sets to give Germany the victory 3-1 , Germany joins USA and Kazakhstan to quarters 

[dareza 911]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/26/davis-cup-shake-up-planned-18-nation-world-cup-style-format

 

this was Djokovic's idea and I think this is great.

[dareza 911]

3 minutes ago, dareza said:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/26/davis-cup-shake-up-planned-18-nation-world-cup-style-format

 

this was Djokovic's idea and I think this is great.

 

http://www.itftennis.com/news/281842.aspx

 

Under the plans, the World Cup of Tennis Finals will be played over seven days in November in the traditional week of the Davis Cup Final. The Finals will feature a round-robin format followed by a quarterfinal knockout stage. Each tie will consist of two singles and one doubles over best-of-three sets. The 16 World Group nations will automatically qualify for the Finals, and a further two nations will be selected.

There will also be a play-off round held during the Finals which will include the eight nations that qualify from the Zone Group I events. The eight play-off winners will earn a place in the following year’s Finals.

There will be no change to the format of zone group competition. In Zone Groups I and II, home-and-away ties will continue to be played during the traditional three weeks in the calendar. Zone Groups III and IV will continue to consist of week-long round-robin events.

Further details will be announced in due course.

[heywoodu 15,174]

1 hour ago, dareza said:

 

http://www.itftennis.com/news/281842.aspx

 

Under the plans, the World Cup of Tennis Finals will be played over seven days in November in the traditional week of the Davis Cup Final. The Finals will feature a round-robin format followed by a quarterfinal knockout stage. Each tie will consist of two singles and one doubles over best-of-three sets. The 16 World Group nations will automatically qualify for the Finals, and a further two nations will be selected.

There will also be a play-off round held during the Finals which will include the eight nations that qualify from the Zone Group I events. The eight play-off winners will earn a place in the following year’s Finals.

There will be no change to the format of zone group competition. In Zone Groups I and II, home-and-away ties will continue to be played during the traditional three weeks in the calendar. Zone Groups III and IV will continue to consist of week-long round-robin events.

Further details will be announced in due course.

 

Wow, I've seen awful plans being accepted (like getting rid of the possibilty of absolute epic matches since even a 5th set goes to tie breaks now), but this is probably the single worst plan I've ever seen in tennis and one of the worst plans I've seen in the entire world of sports. 

 

Where will the regular David Cup ties during the year be held with that plan? And for which goal? Surely not every important match will be held in one week somewhere in November?