The Croatian Curse Continues
Mardy Fish and James Blake came up short on Friday in Porec, Croatia, taking big leads in each of their singles matches but falling in five sets. The pressure is on to stop the Croatian Curse. Croatia is the only country in the 109-year history of Davis Cup that the U.S. has never beaten, and has an all-time losing record against of 0-2. The Croatians are one win away from going to the Davis Cup semifinals and knocking the Americans out of the 2009 competition.
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Jul 11th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
[...] The twins got an easy win over an overmatched Croatian team on Saturday, setting up the U.S. – Croatia match for meaningful tennis on Sunday. Up first will be James Blake against Marin Cilic, against whom Blake is 2-0, including a win this year in Australia. The fifth and hopefully deciding match will be Mardy Fish against “Dr. Ivo” Karlovic, against whom he is 1-4, although he won their last meeting in 2007. The U.S. needs to win both matches to break the Croatian curse. [...]