I actually don't blame the players but some of their fans who have taken the whole support thing to a new disgusting level.
Anyway, watching France vs Australia - Monfils just won the first set TB.
Waiting for Andy to start. I am just going to put the whole DC thing aside and look at this match on an individual level. More importantly, I'd like to see where Andy is on clay and in general. He wasn't very good at the AO.
US team is not as strong without Isner without a doubt and it was my mistake that I thought Querrey replaced Isner but it was actually Young.
I am out on the ocean. I should have brought my camera to take a few pictures.
I will be able to reply more properly to your posts when I get home.
Speaking of the US team and the DC, here's a bit of tidbit on them.
1995 Finals: United States vs. Russia
Site: Moscow
Winner: U.S., 3-2Recap: The U.S. team traveled to Moscow. Pete Sampras, America's best player, was forced to play on his least favorite surface -- red clay. But Sampras proved the hero, taking all three points, including the clincher versus Yevgeny Kafelnikov on the final Sunday.
Seminal Moment: At the end of his five-set day one win over Andrei Chesnokov, a depleted Sampras fell to the ground and was carried off the court. People questioned if he would he be able to play again. But the next day, Sampras was refreshed. He and Todd Martin partnered and easily won the doubles to put the U.S. up 2-1. Said Martin, "We weren't sure what was going to happen, but then Pete said he was ready to go, so naturally it was logical for him to play."
Significance: This was the last time the U.S. won the Cup, currently enduring the longest title drought in American history.
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=3128143
The article was written before 2007 and of course the drought was over by then when the US Team won the DC again against the Russians but that win in 2007 came after 12 long years' of wait.
Hola herc, no worries. Enjoy your time in the ocean. I am just talking to myself here and I enjoy it.
2-1 Andy. He's a break up. My stream quality is very poor.
There's a poster named USA in the chat box and he first said, 'what an
****' followed by a comment, 'f you Andy'.
Andy just got broken back - 3 all.
Andy will get on a roll soon and finish him.
Andy got broken right when he was serving for the set. The serves have let him down. 5 all.
Andy looks a bit ratted at the moment dumping an easy overhead right into the net.
Calm down, Andy. And focus.
Andy's not getting as many first serves in and also, Querrey is murdering Andy's second serve.
Tie Break.
Dreadful miss by Sam at the net. Andy wins the 1st. Phew!
That was very important for Andy to win the 1st set. He fell behind twice in the TB but came back both times and the last time he was able to hold his serve and that led him to the set point 6-5 and then the miss by Sam at the net.
While Sam has more winners he also has more errors. He's going all out today against Andy and playing a very high risk game. Andy himself played a few points quite rubbish but was able to make amends just in time. Good match so far.
Andy still rattled methinks.