H_B Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Bedene is having a great run at the moment. It's amazing how close the rankings are from 50-100. Ward was is the 80's one week and now back into the 100's. Hopefully Ward and Edmund can get back into the top 100 in time for the US Open. Its a real shame Bedene can't play Davis Cup.. He's an excellent player and would win more singles games than he'd lose I reckon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-coo-shed Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Its a real shame Bedene can't play Davis Cup.. He's an excellent player and would win more singles games than he'd lose I reckon. He looks like a solid clay court player as well. Won a few tournaments this year on the surface. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 He looks like a solid clay court player as well. Won a few tournaments this year on the surface. Yeah.. He's got a decent serve too so can play in anything really. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Its a real shame Bedene can't play Davis Cup.. He's an excellent player and would win more singles games than he'd lose I reckon. I believe he is taking into the court of arbitration. Main argument being that in other sports you can change and play for another nation if you haven't played competitively. The three matches he did play in Davis Cup were dead rubbers (you can not gain any ranking points for dead rubbers) and since moving to the UK has elected to not be picked for Davis Cup at all. His application for British Citizenship was lodged before ITF changed their rules on eligibility. It isn't likely he will represent GB at this time, but he might in the future. The ITF's main argument is that the richer nations will hoover up all the talent. But this happens anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Bedene is on in the second match tomorrow against Fognini. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 You never know what Fognini will turn up. The clay specialist or the joker. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtual Insanity Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I suspect Bedene might win with CAS. Would be interesting to see what GB would do for the semi if he were available. Clearly the better player but don't want to upset the group dynamic (OK don't want to upset Andy). The players do seem to have welcomed Bedene into the fold though and Murray wants to win. Bedene gives you a significantly better chance at doing that rather than relying on a fortunate draw and one great performance from Ward. Tough match for him today, 0-4 against Fognini in his career. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Bedene with an early break. Serving at 3-1. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booitsme7 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Fognini beat Bedene 6-4 7-5. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 There's zero chance Andy Murray would allow Smith to drop Ward for Bedene. Even if he was available. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 British when he wins, Slovenian when he loses #bantz #japes #killmenow 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Jamie Murray and John Peers win the doubles at the Hamburg Open, taking the third set 10-8. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booitsme7 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Andy Murray will play Teymuraz Gabashvili on Wednesday after he beat Benjamin Becker 4-6 6-1 6-3. Andy Murray & Daniel Nestor lost in the doubles to Rohan Bopanna & Florin Merge 2-6,6-1,10-3. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Reporting Scotland just there saying they reckon the Davis Cup tie will be at the Emirates. Pleasing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booitsme7 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Reporting Scotland just there saying they reckon the Davis Cup tie will be at the Emirates. Pleasing. Yeah just read on the BBC website that Florence and Machine would not change her gig date at Manchester Arena and now Glasgow's Emirates Arena now favorite to host the tie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Poor Manchester.....Florence and the machine are fucking horrendous 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Haha yeah I can really see a musician pissing off their own fans by cancelling a gig and rescheduling it at a months notice just to play tennis. This shouldn't even be mentioned in the news. Just announce the venue without the excuses of where it could have been. Andy Murray told Lleyton Hewitt it was going to be in Glasgow. I think the LTA would have been more worried about pissing off their star player than sweet talking Florence into a new gig. With the way Peers and Murray are playing currently in will be quite interesting if they play against each other in the doubles rubber in the Davis Cup. The team is 5th in the race to London and both have their highest doubles ranking of 18. Anyway Andy Murray played his first hard court match of the summer last night when he teamed up with Daniel Nestor in the Men's Doubles. Nestor is a multiple slam champion in doubles and will be 43 next month. The lost 10-3 in the champions tie break after taking the first set rather easily 6-2. The schedule isn't out for tomorrow yet but he will be due to play Gabashvilli at some point tomorrow. They have only played once last year where Murray won relatively easily one and five. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 (edited) Peers doesn't get into the Aussie team. They will play Hewitt and Groth in the doubles. Edited August 5, 2015 by H_B 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Mixed feelings about A Glasgow tie.. Would have been awesome in the Hydro but for the roof problem. I'd rather it had been in the bigger venue in Manchester.. Tickets will be gold dust for the Emirates. LTA membership comes in handy though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtual Insanity Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Yeah not sure the tickets will make it to public sale, would be confident of getting tickets as an LTA member though. Just come across this story on Andy Murray that was on the Guardian but pulled from there after getting just about everything wrong imaginable. http://www.footytube.com/news/guardian/andy-murray-sacked-as-a-football-manager-by-gloating-borussia-dortmund-L41353 Truly bizarre. Anyway, Peers hasn't been getting in the Aussie team presumably in part because they like the increased options that 4 singles players gives you, but he is their highest ranked doubles player and obviously knows Jamie's game well so they might opt to bring him into the fold in some way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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