Men's Tennis Davis Cup 2018

[De_Gambassi 1,369]

The Kosmos Group seems happy enough with the vote 

 

 

Spoiler

 

[Monzanator 5,136]

14 hours ago, Federer91 said:

 

They already did. No serious player (top 10 or so) will go and play in the last week of november and ruin their preparation for the new season and the AO. That new Team Competition in Australia at the beginning of the season will be much more popular. RIP Davis Cup. 

 

This will be a glorified exhibition now. Nobody gives a damn about any event held AFTER the Masters

[OlympicsFan 860]

vor 15 Stunden schrieb Federer91:

 

They already did. No serious player (top 10 or so) will go and play in the last week of november and ruin their preparation for the new season and the AO. That new Team Competition in Australia at the beginning of the season will be much more popular. RIP Davis Cup. 

Wont it be necessary for them to play there if they want to play at the olympics? Difficult to find a good spot in such a packed calender, maybe there would have been a better spot between AO and FO.

[OlympicsFan 860]

vor 18 Stunden schrieb wumo26:

The new format described in pictures:

 

 

 

 

18 nations seems like way too much, i think it will be hard enough to find that many competitive nations ...

Currently USA, France, Spain, Croatia, Germany, Argentina, Switzerland, Serbia, Russia, Italy, Australia, Canada and GB have at least 2 solid players, but Croatia (without Cilic), Switzerland (without Federer and Wawrinka), Serbia (without Djokovic) and GB (without Murray) might have a difficult future ahead of them.

Personally i like this new format because it increases the probability that german television will actually broadcast the Davis Cup, something that normally doesnt happen, especially since there isnt too much else going on in November (maybe except for winter sport).

[heywoodu 16,478]

Haase being Haase

 

2-0 up in sets against Shapovalov, 15-40 (two BP's) at 5-5 in the third set....only to give it away, just like the next four (!) BP's in the very same game...followed by losing the match in five

 

[thepharoah 2,414]

 

The final set of Egypt vs. Finland tie , it's all tied 2-2 and 1all in the last match 

[Wanderer 1,738]

NZ got relegated. Thank you South Korea for nothing. Losing to Pakistan was just  But after all, from the next year Davis Cup will be a big joke, so who cares...

[intoronto 6,970]

Daniel Nestor played his last match yesterday.

[NearPup 4,189]

2 hours ago, intoronto said:

Daniel Nestor played his last match yesterday.

Given his form over the last year I think it’s fair to say it was his time.

 

Amazing career.

[De_Gambassi 1,369]

As much as I'm gutted by the end of the Davis Cup, I can't say they 're no reasons why....

 

Saturday's double between France and Spain was watched by only 1.2 million in France and by no one in Spain as it was not even broadcasted live...