Davis Cup

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ZREB za popunu Svetske grupe 2014. Mecevi se igraju septembra

Spain v Ukraine
Netherlands v Austria
Croatia v Great Britain
Switzerland v Ecuador
Germany v Brazil
Poland v Australia
Belgium v Israel
Japan v Colombia

http://www.daviscup.com/en/news/articles/draw-announced-for-world-group-play-offs.aspx

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Pregled svih susreta

SPANIJA - UKRAJINA (H2H 0-0)

Spain host Ukraine in what will be the first meeting between these two sides in Davis Cup history. Both sides will be desperate to earn a win and compete in the World Group for next year.

Spain are in the World group play-off after losing 3-2 to Canada in the World Group first round. Spain were without a number of their top players but were disappointed to have lost.

Ukraine are in the World Group play-off following two 3-2 wins this year. They defeated Sweden in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I second round, coming back from 2-1 down, with Sergiy Stakhovsky winning the deciding rubber.

HOLANDIJA - AUSTRIJA (H2H 1-0)

Austria travel to Netherlands for this World Group play-off with the knowledge that they have a good record in this part of the competition, with 8 wins from 9 matches. It will be only the second time these two nations have met. Netherlands won the first meeting 3-0 in 1928.

Netherlands earned their place in the World Group play-off when they comfortably overcame Romania 5-0 in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I second round.

Austria find themselves trying to avoid relegation following a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Kazakhstan in the World Group first round.

HRVATSKA - VELIKA BRITANIJA (H2H 0-1)

Croatia play host to Great Britain in the World Group play-off and will be out for revenge. The last time the teams met was at this stage of the competition in 2007 and Britain won 4-1.

Croatia are facing relegation after they lost 3-2 to Italy in the World Group first round.

Great Britain are aiming to return to the World Group following a five-year absence. They overturned a 0-2 deficit for the first time since 1930 to defeat Russia 3-2 in their Europe/Africa Zone Group I second round clash.

SVAJCARSKA - EKVADOR (H2H 0-0)

Ecuador travel to Switzerland in the World Group play-off for the first ever Davis Cup meeting between these two nations. With a World Group place at stake for next year, both will be desperate to win it.

Switzerland are facing relegation after suffering a 3-2 loss to Czech Republic in the World Group first round. That tie contained the longest rubber in Davis Cup history, lasting 7 hours and 1 minute. Unfortunately for the Swiss team, they were unable to win it and went on to lose the tie.

Ecuador are looking to make a return to the World Group. They last participated at the highest level in 2010 and earned their place in the World Group play-off thanks to a 3-2 victory over Chile. Emilio Gomez was Ecuador's hero, winning the fifth rubber in 4 sets.

NEMACKA - BRAZIL (H2H 3-2)

Germany currently lead Brazil 3-2 in their head-to-head, but it was the South Americans who won the last tie between the two nations. With a place in the World Group at stake, Germany will be out for revenge.

Germany lost in the World Group first round this year 5-0 in Argentina. They were unable to play to the best of their ability in the cauldron that is Parque Roca, so they will be eager to play well in front of their own fans.

Brazil are in the play-off following a narrow 3-2 defeat at the hands of USA in this year's World Group first round. Before last year, Brazil had a terrible record in World Group play-offs, losing their previous seven ties.

POLJSKA - AUSTRALIJA (H2H 0-0)

Australia travel to Poland desperate to return to the World Group. They may be the second most successful nation in Davis Cup history but they haven't been in the top tier of the competition since 2007. Poland, on the other hand, are in their first ever World Group play-off and will be looking to reach the top tier of the competition for the first time.

Poland reached the play-off after a 3-1 victory over South Africa. They boast a Top 25 player in Jerzy Janowicz as well as a formidable doubles pair in the form of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.

Australia have faced little difficulty in reaching this year's World Group play-off, defeating Chinese Taipei 5-0 then Uzbekistan 3-1. Bernard Tomic, recalled to the team for the last round, won both of his matches in Uzbekistan and is considered one of the top young players on the tour. The inspirational Lleyton Hewitt, Australia's best Davis Cup player, is also still involved.

BELGIJA - IZRAEL (H2H 2-2)

Belgium and Israel are currently tied at 2-2 in their head-to-head but Belgium have won their last two meetings. With a World Group place for next year up for grabs, they will be hoping to make it three in a row whereas Israel will be desperate to stop the run.

Belgium are facing relegation after losing 3-2 to Serbia in the World Group first round. Belgium are regulars in World Group play-offs, having competed in 20 over the last 23 years and they have a winning record, having won 12.

Israel suffered a heavy 5-0 defeat to France in the opening round of this year's World Group. They have been involved in World Group play-offs for each of the last 3 years, including a spectacular 3-2 victory over Japan last year.

JAPAN - KOLUMBIJA (H2H 0-0)

This year's World Group play-off will be the first time that Japan and Colombia have met in Davis Cup. Both teams will want to win the opening encounter and book a place in next year's World Group.

Japan were pushed all the way by Korea in their Asia/Oceania Zone Group I second round clash, but it was Japan who prevailed in the fifth rubber and earned a place in this year's play-off.

Having received a bye in the first round, Colombia knew that victory over Uruguay would see them in the play-offs, and they achieved it in sensational style, winning 5-0. Colombia have never competed in the World Group but they will be hopeful of making their debut next year.

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Pakistan protests Davis Cup disqualification


Tarpischev on Russian men: ‘We need to waste another decade’

Russian Davis and Fed Cup captain Shamil Tarpischev laments the state of Russian men’s tennis tells RIA Novosti. Russia suffered a 3-2 defeat to Britain last weekend, which will force the two-time Davis Cup champion to beat Slovenia or South Africa to remain in Europe/Africa Zone Group I.

Russia has only five players in the Top 100 and none in the Top 25. During the early part of last decade it had two No. 1 players in Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Marat Safin.

“I’ve been talking about this for a decade, but who’s listening,” Tarpischev said. “It’s a shame that on the wave of the first decade (the 1990s) it would have been possible to create a miracle, but now just to return to that previous position we need to waste another decade, and only if everything goes well.”

Tarpischev added that Russian premier Vladimir Putin has promised to help the redevelopment of the men’s game.

“I met with Vladimir. He gave the order to make a tennis development program, and now we’re going to carry it out,” Tarpischev said.

Australian Davis Cup captain Pat Rafter hits roof over ITF $10,000 fine

Spoiler: pokaži

AUSTRALIA'S Davis Cup team has been fined $10,000 after boycotting an official dinner in Uzbekistan in protest against "grotty, uncomfortable and unreasonable" conditions.

Davis Cup captain Pat Rafter said he had sent a string of strongly worded messages to the International Tennis Federation as frustrations grew in the Australian team.

He said the team hotel had sewage backing up through pipes, one official suffered bed bugs and players struggled to sleep in the rowdy neighbourhood.

"It was more uncomfortable and unreasonable conditions for what we're used to," he said.

"If you want the best players playing it (Davis Cup), you've got to have good conditions.

"The crowds were fine. The court was OK. The hotel - not knowing if you were going to have a good night's sleep - wasn't great.

"There were car horns all the time on one side of the hotel and there was an aviary and barking dogs on the other side.

"You go all that way to play Davis Cup, you shouldn't be worrying about having a good night's sleep.

"The food was a worry over there, too, so we took our own chef.

"A few of the people had rooms where the sewage backed up through the pipes and that wasn't much fun. It stunk. Our manager had bed bugs.

"It was pretty grotty."

Rafter said he raised the complaints with ITF representatives but received little support.

"The ITF was there and I said, 'This is crap.' They didn't want to listen and they fined us because the boys didn't go to the dinner," Rafter said.

"I didn't want the boys to do what they didn't want to.

"They (ITF) said, 'You should have been here earlier,' and I said we were preparing to get ready for the match (in Munich).

"So I played hardball with them. I'm going to try and get all the captains and players who want change and get the head guys off the (Davis Cup) committee."

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Šljaka u Areni za Kanadu

Dejvis kup reprezentacija Srbije dočekaće u polufinalu Svetske grupe u septembru u Beogradu selekciju Kanade na šljaci.

Srbija je obezbedila mesto u polufinalu pobedom nad reprezentacijom SAD u Bojsiju početkom aprila rezultatom 3:1.

Kanada je u polufinale ušla pobedom protiv Italije istim rezultatom – 3:1.

Izbor nije neočekivan, kada se uzme u obzir sastav kanadske reprezentacije, u kojoj je nekoliko igrača sa odličnim servisom.

Polufinalni meč izmedu Srbije i Kanade biće odigran od 13. do 15. septembra u Kombank areni.

http://www.b92.net/sport/tenis/vesti.php?yyyy=2013&mm=04&dd=29&nav_id=709610

Nisam odusevljen, pretpostavimo da ce Novak dugo ostati u Nju Jorku, nece ni imati vremena da se prilagodi za sljaku. Plus mu automatski produzuju meceve (na nekoj brzoj podlozi bi bili sigurno kraci poeni). Takodje ako bi eventualno igrao Bozoljac u paru sa Zimonjicem izgubio je prednost svog najjaceg oruzija servisa. O formi Janka i Viktora i "sigurnom" bodu protiv drugog reketa Kanadjana da ne govorim.

Meni se cini da se ide upravo na varijantu da Novak ne igra prvi dan, a da Viktor pokusa da dobije Pospisila ili Dancevica, dok Novaku ostaje da igra mec u nedelju sa Raonicem, ako bude potrebe.

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Mislim da ovo više odmaže našima odmah posle USO, plus uvek bude problema sa postavljanjem šljake, ali sad valjda nema nazad kad su odlučili...

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Davis Cup ‏@DavisCup 28m
Serbia announces team to play Canada in #DavisCup semifinals: Novak Djokovic, Janko Tipsarevic, Dusan Lajovic and Nenad Zimonjic #SRB

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Dajte Bozoljaca za dubl, nemoj Lajovica.

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Sta je ovo , kakav bre Lajovic? Nama trebaju Novak i Janko odmorni za poslednji dan, a ne da trose energiju u dublu.

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Eto Tata, nema Lajovica

U petak od 16 časova igraće najbolji teniser sveta Novak Đoković i Vasek Pospišil, a odmah nakon njih će na teren Janko Tipsarević kojem će na megdan izaći Miloš Raonić.

Subotnji program otvoriće dublovi gde će Nenad Zimonjić i Ilija Bozoljac igrati protiv Pospišila i Danijela Nestora od 16 časova, a moguća je i promena termina do sat vremena pre početka susreta.

U nedelju će najveći aduti obe selekcije ukrstiti rekete - od 14 sati Đoković će igrati protiv Raonića, dok će Tipsa odmah posle prvog duela odigrati meč sa Pospišilom.
http://sport.blic.rs/Tenis/239660/Djokovic-sa-Pospisilom-otvara-duel-protiv-Kanadjana-Tipsa-na-Raonica-u-Dejvis-kupu

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Dobro je da Novak igra prvi mec, zavrsi to sto pre i na odmor, a ne da ceka citav dan. Posle je na Janku da konacno dobije Raonica.

„Mislim da je Srbija u ovom duelu favorit, osvojili su takmičenje pre tri godine, u vrhu su svetskog tenisa i igraju pred domaćom publikom. S druge strane i mi imamo šanse, uostalom sada ne bismo bili ovde“, rekao je Raonić.

Raonić i Tipsarević su do sada igrali tri puta, a kanadski teniser ostvario je sve tri pobede.

„U meču sa Jankom znam šta bi trebalo da radim, igrali smo tri puta, ali svaki put je bilo neizvesno. U dva meča je bilo 7:6 u trećem setu. Sada su okolnosti malo drugačije, on igra pred svojim navijačima i svi će da ga bodre, a i podloga je drugačija. Pružiću svoj maksimum i verujem u pobedu“, istakao je Raonić.

Pospišil je rekao da je zadovoljan što će igrati prvi meč dana protiv prvog reketa sveta.

„Srećan sam što prvi izlazim na teren i to protiv Đokovića. To mi ostavlja mnogo više vremena da se spremim za dubl meč. Gledao sam Novaka u više navrata preko televizije, ali jedno je kada izađete na teren, a drugo kada meč gledate iz kreveta“, rekao je 41. teniser sveta, „Plasman u polufinale Dejvis kupa je neverovatan, zaista nešto posebno u mojoj karijeri. Mnogo mi znači i doprinosi samopouzdanju“.

Reprezentativac Kanade Danijel Nestor, koji će u subotu od 16 časova igrati u dublu sa Pospišilom protiv Nenada Zimonjića i Ilije Bozoljca, rekao je da u tom meču neće biti nepoznanica.

„Za dubl meč nema tajni. Nenad i ja se znamo suviše dobro, igrali smo tolike godine zajedno. On je jedan od najboljih igrača na svetu i biće izuzetno teško zaustaviti ga. Ali s obzirom da sam toliko vremena proveo sa njim, tačno znam šta bi trebalo da uradim“, rekao je Nestor.

http://www.b92.net/sport/tenis/vesti.php?yyyy=2013&mm=09&dd=12&nav_id=752897

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ivo karlovic ‏@ivokarlovic 1m
Canadian Davis Cup team finally plays home.. In Belgrade #domaciprotivgastarbajters

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Czech Republic - Argentina

Date: 13 Sep - 15 Sep 2013
Venue: O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
Start times:
Day 1: 1500 hrs (1300 hrs GMT)
Day 2: 1430 hrs (1230 hrs GMT)
Day 3: 1400 hrs (1200 hrs GMT)
Surface: Hard (Novacrylic Ultracushion®), Indoor
Ball: Head ATP

R1: Radek Stepanek (CZE) v Juan Monaco (ARG)
R2: Tomas Berdych (CZE) v Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
R3: Lukas Rosol/Jiri Vesely (CZE) v Carlos Berlocq/Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
R4: Tomas Berdych (CZE) v Juan Monaco (ARG)
R5: Radek Stepanek (CZE) v Leonardo Mayer (ARG)

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WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS 13-15 Sep 2013

Spain - Ukraine, Caja Mágica, Madrid, Spain, Clay (Red Clay), Outdoor.
Netherlands - Austria, MartiniPlaza, Groningen, Netherlands, Clay, Indoor.
Croatia - Great Britain, Stadion Stella Maris, Umag, Croatia, Clay (Red Clay), Outdoor.
Switzerland - Ecuador, Patinoire du Littoral, Neuchatel, Switzerland, Hard (Rebound Ace), Indoor.
Germany - Brazil, Ratiopharm Arena, Ulm, Neu-Ulm, Germany, Hard (Rebound Ace), Indoor.
Poland - Australia, Torwar Hall, Warsaw, Poland, Clay (Red Clay), Indoor.
Belgium - Israel, Lotto Arena, Antwerp, Belgium, Clay (Red Clay), Indoor.
Japan - Colombia, Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan, Hard (DecoTurf), Indoor.

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Ivo je car :)

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itf zabranio viktoru da bodri kamarade sa klupe
faking zona sumraka

kako sam i inače danas na levu nogu, uz ovu informaciju dodatno tačno bih da se uključim u neke brigade rose, te da ispravljam nepravdu po svetu, majke mi