Tennis Discussion Thread

(30-11-2015 07:35 )babelover48 Wrote:  but certainly it would seem that the Belgian guys that played, probably played way better than their ranking performances and I hope we will see them starting to perform better in Grand Slams, they certainly do deserve better rankings,

Well, Goffin is already #16, so not all that bad, really.

(30-11-2015 07:35 )babelover48 Wrote:  Who would we face first in our first match in defence?

I think it's a home game with Japan first next season.

Well that's this years Sports Personality sorted.
And they will probably win the team award as well

(30-11-2015 12:38 )jumbo_jim Wrote:  

(30-11-2015 07:35 )babelover48 Wrote:  Who would we face first in our first match in defence?

I think it's a home game with Japan first next season.

If we win that, then we would face Serbia in the quarter finals and I would imagine Novak has a similar record to Andy's in Davis cup

(30-11-2015 19:06 )Charlemagne Wrote:  Well that's this years Sports Personality sorted.
And they will probably win the team award as well

the SPOTY would probably be a straight fight between Andy & Tyson and I can't see any other serious contender with the Davis Cup Team for the Team of the Year award

Yes it is Japan at Birmingham's NIA Arena in March 2016

(30-11-2015 12:38 )jumbo_jim Wrote:  

(30-11-2015 07:35 )babelover48 Wrote:  Who would we face first in our first match in defence?

I think it's a home game with Japan first next season.

(30-11-2015 19:06 )Charlemagne Wrote:  Well that's this years Sports Personality sorted.
And they will probably win the team award as well

I am not so sure about the individual SPOTY award.
I still think Jessica Ennis Hill is the favourite in all honesty despite what the current bookies odds might say .
Murray has won it before as has Lewis Hamilton.
Ennis Hill has been a contender a few times and narrowly missed out so the cumulative appreciation could well kick in.

The Davis Cup team I suspect will win the team award although the England womens football team may push hard.
And Leon Smith may well win Coach of the year.

The award for dedication to tennis has to go to Arina Rodionova, wins a Australian Open wild card semi final match in morning and then gets married in the afternoon

Brit Number 3 Naomi Broady got her 1st top 20 win at ASB Auckland event by beating Ana Ivanovic 7-5, 6-4

Heather Watson and Andy Murray won their 1st tie at Hopman Cup against France, Murray beat Kenny De Scheepers 6-2, 6-2, Watson lost to Caroline Garcia 3-6 ,7-5, 3-6 before they won mixed doubles match 6-2, 5-7, 10-6

Kyle Edmund beat Martin Klizan 6-2, 6-3 at Doha event

In Hopman Cup, Andy Murray lost to Kyrgios 4-6, 6-7, Heather won 6-7, 6-2, 7-5 to level tie before Heather and Andy lost mixed doubles 2-6, 7-6, 9-11.

At ASB Auckland tournament Naomi Broady beat Jelena Ostapenko 4-6, 7-6, 7-5 coming from 1-5 down in final set. It was a stormy clash where Ostapenko threw her racket that hit a ballboy which Naomi suggested was deliberate and led to a row and an angry exchange at end of match.

Kyle Edmund continued his Doha run reaching Q Finals with a 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 win over Daniel Munoz La Nava