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Post by SAFINNO1 on Sept 23, 2006 18:38:12 GMT 3
I bet Lau is the happiest women in the world
Acasuso puts Argentina in control
Argentina has one foot in the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final, after Jose Acasuso defeated Lleyton Hewitt 16 64 46 62 61 to put the hosts 2-0 up over Australia in Buenos Aires.
Resuming today at 4-0 up in the fifth set but break point down, after rain forced a suspension of play overnight, Acasuso dropped his serve but then won the next two games to secure victory.
Nalbandian roared past Philippoussis in just over two hours
David Nalbandian gave the home side the perfect start by sweeping past Mark Philippoussis 6-4 6-3 6-3.
Nalbandian was hardly troubled by Philippoussis, who helped Australia lift the Davis Cup in 1999 and 2003, but was not entirely happy.
"The court was very heavy and slow," he said after his victory, which was watched by football legend Diego Maradona.
"I didn't like it, but we won the first point and now we will go after another."
Argentina caused a major upset by beating Australia in the Davis Cup quarter-finals on grass last year.
If Australia were to respond and win on clay, it would be another big shock as Argentina have not been beaten at home in the competition since 1998.
The contest in Buenos Aires has extra spice off court, too.
Nalbandian upped his long-standing feud with Hewitt, who he is due to meet in the reverse singles on Sunday, by claiming the Australian has no friends on the ATP tour.
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Post by lau on Sept 23, 2006 19:11:29 GMT 3
I bet Lau is the happiest women in the world I am!!  But unfortunatelly, I`m lazy too, so I didn`t post anything in this thread yet  BTW, thnaks for doing it Ily  Doesn´t Chucho look hilarious in the suits pic and in the one with Lley?  He looks as if he just got out of the bed Anyway...., he`s too cute  (sorry for that, couldn`t help it ) EDIT: Promise will post once the tie ends or tonight. I didn`t watch the Friday matches properly. Had the tv on, but was working too..., so I`m having my tennis dosis today and tomorrow  |
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Post by lau on Sept 23, 2006 22:23:38 GMT 3
This is all I`ll say  I`ll post something later..... |
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Sept 24, 2006 16:27:20 GMT 3
This is all I`ll say I`ll post something later..... If some people are wondering WTF then.................... Argentina ends 25-year waitIt had been 25 years but it's been worth the wait. For the first time since 1981 and for only the second time ever, Argentina has made it to the Final of the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas. The home side took an unassailable 3-0 lead over Australia after the doubles rubber. Agustin Calleri and David Nalbandian gave Argentina the winning point when they won the doubles rubber by defeating Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley 64 64 75 in two hours 26 minutes. The atmosphere was electric and the noise deafening. The Australian captain John Fitzgerald appropriately said it was "wall to wall noise." A sea of blue and white confetti floated down on the Argentines When Nalbandian hit the smash that gave Argentina the tie the entire team invaded the court and piled on top of another near the net. Soon after blue and white confetti floated down and champagne corks were flying across the red clay. The Argentine captain Albert Mancini's emotions were flowing as he cried tears of joy. "It's unbelievable! For a long time we have waited for this. For a long time we have dreamed about this and to be in the Final of the Davis Cup, and to be here now and to have the chance of winning it is really amazing," said Mancini. "To beat Australia here at home in the semifinals, it's something. We are very emotional people as you can see and that's why I am overwhelmed." The scene was set for Argentina's great victory (they have now beaten Australia the last three times they have met) when Jose Acasuso and Lleyton Hewitt returned to resume their rain interrupted match from the day before. Acasuso held his nerve overnight Acasuso was leading 4-0 in the final set but he was facing a break point in the fifth game. Hewitt very quickly broke serve and led 30-0 on his serve but Acasuso, with the crowd like the wind on his back, raced through that game and then closed out the match with his serve, winning 16 64 46 62 61. In the very chilly and breezy conditions he strode to the side of his court and took of his shirt and threw it into a courtside box. Sitting there was Diego Maradona who caught it and then raised it as if he was raising the football World Cup. The crowd went nuts. Then with the pressure off the Argentines and very much on the visitors in the do or die doubles it was all over. "They are World Class" said the Australian Captain "It's disappointing," said Fitzgerald. "When you're in a two horse race and you come in second, it's not your favourite position to be in. But, we have to give credit where credit is due. We played a world class side and in the conditions, which had turned soft and slow because of the weather, they were too good; we can't say anything else. "We thought before it all started we were in with a chance, but they played too well." The two reverse singles are now dead rubbers and will be reduced to the best of three sets. So now all that remains is to see who Argentina plays in the Final and where that will be. If it is Russia then Mancini and his guys will be in Moscow, if it's USA then Patrick McEnroe will be gathering his group to travel the tango route to Buenos Aires. |
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Sept 24, 2006 16:29:12 GMT 3
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Sept 24, 2006 16:32:12 GMT 3
  How pumped up is he!  True Legend  In singles action  ![]() [/img] |
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Sept 24, 2006 16:37:14 GMT 3
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Post by lau on Sept 27, 2006 12:07:16 GMT 3
He`ll be top 100 if he wins his next match  It`s a lot of pressure..., but he`s suposed to be the next big thing in Argentine tennis. I`m really happy his taking things with patience   If I can make the translation, will post a funny Interview with Chucho ( and funny pics too) and an Interview with Juan Martìn too |
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Post by lau on Sept 28, 2006 9:08:55 GMT 3
I love this pic LOL ;D ;D  |
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Post by Annie on Sept 28, 2006 10:12:57 GMT 3
ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by safinbgfan on Oct 1, 2006 21:03:12 GMT 3
;D
What a pictures ;D
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Post by lau on Oct 1, 2006 22:55:32 GMT 3
Ok, I don´t know if someone will be interested..., but personally Chucho is one of my faves and I translated a long (funny and interesting) interview so I`ll post it anyway. Plus, the pics from the sports newspaper where this was taken from are hilarious (click on them to see larger, they are thumbnails ) Disclaimer: : I`m not the best one translating… Some things are translated as it might be said in English and not literally (there is some slang and Argentine or Spanish expressions). And some other things are not well translated at all :lol: Here it is...., I hope everything is understood... FACE TO FACE WITH ACASUSO I told youIn February Acasuso predicted how the DC would continue and he guessed right the semifinals and final. Today he continues wishing a 4-1 against Russia. And announces: “If we win, I`ll shave my head”JORGE VIALE jviale@ole.com.ar José Acasuso "explores" with the spoon a “dulce de leche” icecream and raises his voice to confess: “Even if you`re focused, even if you`re playing Davis Cup, it`s impossible not to “check” a girl while you`re playing. Impossible”.  It`s the inevitable topic in an almost completely Missionary (he is from a province called Misiones )conversation table: Chucho, his brother Juan and the friends Raúl and Fernando (prefers to be called Pulga), plus Ponta (he`s from Rosario) and Olè. Seated in Janio, a little bar in Palermo, in a pleasant Monday afternoon, it was imposible not to turn the head continuously, even despite the risk of having a tiff neck . It´s clear that spending this time with friends makes Josè happy. He says that this time after celebrating he slept enough: “Seven hours more less. I feel destroyed anyway”. That`s why he cancelled his visit to Metz (the next week) and will come back in Viena. The 5-0 score against Australia, his important contribution with the victory over Lleyton Hewitt, revives (I hope this is the word) in the newspapers. Now it`s time to think in the historic qualification for the final against Russia. This is no news for Chucho… Yes, he already knew it and the document that Olè wrought proves it. In one of the newspaper`s production after the victory against Sweden in February, Chucho made his “prote” (in referense to the “Prode”, a game where you predict football results) and he glimpsed a final with Russia. “I can`t believe you kept the paper”, he says surprised. There`s the document with numbers written by his hand: he was right about the draw and he guessed a couple of difficult ties, like Russia`s victory in France or the 3-2 of the Russians against USA. -Do you mantain the 4-1 you predicted for the final?
-Yes (and he says it surely)
"And which is the lost point?", asks Raùl as a journalist. “One can be against Safin. David against Davydenko won`t lose it “even drunk” (that´s an argentine expresión, don´t take it literally :lol: and it is used very frecuently..., sounds too over the top when it`s translated) , I`m sure”, he affirms with conviction. - First time in Russia…
-Yes. I didn´t go to Moscow or St. Petesburg. It was said that you have problems with foreign money (  )and they checked a lot the luggage. Cold? It will be terrible. It would be good being there 10 or 11 days befote to get used to it. The trip to Moscow will have a con: it will take time of the 2007 pre-season. “yes, I only a “maintaining work” in December. The time for vacations will be shorter too.”, says José without resignation and announces: “If I win the DC, I shave my head”.The dessert is ready and the bill arrives. “Ah! That`s Acasuso? He have been coming here for some time, but I didn`t know it was him”, apologizes the waitress. José have been living in Palermo for 4 years and in the beginning he lived with his brother, Raúl and Alexis, a friend that came back to Posadas to raise his twins. “I always did more the dish washing than cooking”, José admits. “We had an intern rule book, we made everyone sign it, certified by Juan, who`s a lawyer” details Raúl. “For example, then one who came to eat without notice had to clean the bathroom. Everything was ruled: cooking, taking baths, bringing women, everything…” José continues, “We had a notebook which be glued envelopes with our names. There we put the bills and chage and then we divided the money. The rules were in the fridge so everyone could see it”. Raùl rewinds and focuses in the “metegol” (table football) nights in Posadas. “It was before we came to Buenos Aires, when we were 16. We played with some guys there, we were fantastic”, he says. Ponta reveals the lazy side of the famous friend. “The coach called me and said: It`s 12 and he`s still sleeping?” José clarifies any doubt: “ That was time ago, I changed now”. Due to the trip to Buenos Aires he had to quit the basquetball he practiced at night, after tennis, in the Itapúa Club in Posadas. -How did you feel on Saturday, when Chucho “enganchó” (¿hooked? didn`t hit well the ball) the first drive after the rain interruption during the match against Hewitt?" “I was a little scared”, Pulga admits. Raúl contradicts: “I suffered more with Friedl the Czech in Viña del Mar. I was there”. José adds: “They suffered against Johansson in the DC too”- Calleri said it yesterday and Mancini too: the desire is to maintain the same team…
-I would like to be the four of us during the whole year, but have to play well the next indoor tour too, continue demonstrating. Cañas? He has got the level, I practiced with him, the thing is that for now he will play smaller tournaments …Will Chucho pay the trip to Russia to his (best? lifetime?) friends? José smiles and continues playing with the spoon. No comments for for the momment. www.ole.clarin.com/jsp/v4/pagina.jsp?pagId=1278679&fecha=20060926And the pics (click on them to see larger)    And next to this image (thumbnail) says:  The 13th of February, after the 5-0 against Sweden, we asked Acasuso to complete the QFs draw. Chucho was right about the semifinal and final and predicted a 4-1 for Argentina |
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Post by tiramisu on Oct 4, 2006 5:39:55 GMT 3
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Post by Annie on Oct 4, 2006 8:58:54 GMT 3
Thanks tiramisu ;D I think Juan will go very very far with a right approach, that kid sure has talent ;D
Lau sweetie thank you very much for that Chuchito interview, he is way too funny but I am sorry to say this about the DC final this year but...
YOU ARE GOING DOOOOWWWWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO ;D ;D ;D
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Post by lau on Oct 5, 2006 11:00:54 GMT 3
Thanks tiramisu BTW, your username reminds me of the dessert..... Yummie! LMAO ;D Thanks tiramisu ;D I think Juan will go very very far with a right approach, that kid sure has talent ;D Lau sweetie thank you very much for that Chuchito interview, he is way too funny but I am sorry to say this about the DC final this year but... YOU ARE GOING DOOOOWWWWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO ;D ;D ;D I smell fear....  |
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Doesn´t Chucho look hilarious in the suits pic and in the one with Lley? 
Happy Happy days!!!!!!!
)and they checked a lot the luggage. Cold? It will be terrible. It would be good being there 10 or 11 days befote to get used to it.
