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Davis Cup Final — Nadal v. The Worm on Sunday the Match to See

Joe Samuel Starnes — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:59:12 +0000

The Czechs are in Spain for the Davis Cup final starting Friday, and I’m betting the first match on Sunday between Rafael Nadal and Radek Stepanek (aka “The Worm”) could be a humdinger, with a likely 2-1 lead for one team looking to close it out and the other looking to stay alive for a fifth and final match. It’s worth getting up at 6 a.m. on a Sunday morning, as those of us on the East Coast in the States will have to do. Stepanek is rearing to go, having beaten Ivo Karlovic of Croatia in the semis despite being aced an all-time record 78 times, and could pull off the unthinkable of beating Nadal at home. I’m hoping that it will go to 2-2 (please spare us the dreaded dead rubber), and we can see Tomas Berdych and David Ferrer fight it out on the red clay of Barcelona for that huge hunk of silver.

The matches in the U.S. will be on the Tennis Channel, starting at 10 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, but an early wakeup call of 6 a.m. on Sunday. For those of you on European time, check the Davis Cup TV schedule here. Live scores for matches are also on Daviscup.com.

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Live Davis Cup Scores and TV Schedule

Joe Samuel Starnes — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:52:36 +0000

Check out www.daviscup.com for live scores from all the matches, including the final day of the U.S.-Croatia quarterfinal featuring James Blake against Marin Cilic, and Mardy Fish against Ivo Karlovic.

The TV coverage starts at 10 a.m. Sunday, and full schedule can be found online at the Tennis Channel web site.

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Davis Cup Birmingham Order of Play: Chiundinelli Gets the Call

Joe Samuel Starnes — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:28:12 +0000

The draw ceremony took place in Birmingham today, and Marco Chiundinelli, childhood friend and junior opponent of Roger Federer, got the call to replace his old buddy in singles over Stephane Bohli. Chiundinelli has a strong 4-2 Davis Cup record with big wins over Spain in 2007.

Stanislas Wawrinka will play singles and doubles, starting with James Blake on the first match Friday, teaming with Yves Allegro in doubles against the Bryan brothers on Saturday, and Roddick in the first match on Sunday. Roddickand Wawrinka on Sunday has big potential if the Swiss can manage to get a win in one of the first three matches.

The lineup follows, and much more, including interviews, are posted on the Davis Cup web site. TV coverage in the states starts at 2 p.m. EST each day on the Tennis Channel.

Friday:

R1 – J.BLAKE (USA) v. S.WAWRINKA (SUI)
R2 – A.RODDICK (USA) v. M.CHIUDINELLI (SUI)

Saturday:

R3 – B.BRYAN / M.BRYAN (USA) v. Y.ALLEGRO / S.WAWRINKA (SUI)

Sunday:
R4 – A.RODDICK (USA) v. S.WAWRINKA (SUI)
R5 – J.BLAKE (USA) v. M.CHIUDINELLI (SUI)

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Davis Cup Lineup in Limbo for Swiss

Joe Samuel Starnes — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:34:24 +0000

There will be no surprises in the American Davis Cup lineup (Roddick, Blake and the Bryans), but the only certainty for the Swiss team is that Stanislas Wawrinka will play, The Birmingham News in Alabama reports today.

Part of the paper’s report of Tuesday’s press conference:

Swiss captain Severin Luthi chuckled when asked who is playing No. 2 singles.

“That’s a good question,” the Swiss captain said. “Swiss journalists always ask that and on Tuesday they’ll never get an answer for that. The draw is only on Thursday so I’m sure we will not tell anybody who’s playing. Even the team doesn’t know who’s playing.”

And Luthi was equally secretive when it came to doubles, where Yves Allegro is more of a doubles specialist and Wawrinka teamed with Roger Federer to win the Olympic gold medal.

“We have different possibilities,” Luthi said. “We’re going to practice doubles the next few days. There’s always a saying with our team (that) we’re always ready to change.”

The lineup will be determined on Thursday in a draw ceremony, but team captains can adjust the lineup up to one hour before the matches begin at 1 p.m. Central Time (2 p.m. EST) on Friday. You can find the TV schedule on the Davis Cup website (On that schedule, Americans should note the reversal of the date format which makes March 6 look like June 3).

The Birmingham News also reported that nearly 250 people showed up on Monday to watch the U.S. team practice.

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