Davis Cup 2005

[Annie]

from daviscup.com

Igor is hilarious ;D ;D

Oh this reminds me of a Liverpool final this year...these two played and had a ball on court ;D

OMG Is Mario still growing???

My boys

They are too adorable to lose....DAVAI RUSSIA!!!!!!!!!! lol sorry Mario...

[lena]

Thanks for the pics Annie , Igor looks great ;D

So DAVAI i UDACHI

[MaRije]

Hey thanks a Lot fOr the picutures!
They LoOk really gOoD..!

Im really Hoping the beSst fOr toMorrow and Sunday!
GoOd luck Russia!
Hope so Much that you Will win!
Unfortunately I can´t see it, but I really hope that Russia Win!!! ;D ;D ;D

DAVAI & UDACHI ..!

[Teresa]

They are too adorable to lose....DAVAI RUSSIA!!!!!!!!!! lol sorry Mario...

*LOL* Annie to true

and yes Igor is hilarious he is trying to take over from Marat in this area or what!! ;D
Mario, Annie I do believe you are right he is still growing LOL

Thanks for the great pics Annie
Buuuuuuttttt I MISS Marat so much , the pics are incomplete without Marat

R1 - N.DAVYDENKO (RUS) def. M.ANCIC (CRO)
7-5 6-4 5-7 6-4 ;D


*YAY* UDACHI Koyla UDACHI ;D

DAVAI RUSSIA !!! DAVAI RUSSIA !!!

[SAFINNO1]

Davydenko gives Russia lead in semifinal
Nikolay Davydenko used his impressive forehand to beat Mario Ancic 75 64 57 64 and give Russia the first point of the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas semifinal tie between Russia and Croatia.

It was a gripping match bathed in atmosphere as Ancic staged a dramatic comeback midway through the encounter. With Davydenko, the World Number Seven, serving for a straight sets victory, Ancic broke serve and went on to win the third set.

The Russian managed to keep his composure as he broke Ancic in the fifth game of the fourth set and this time held on to complete his impressive win

DAVAI KOYLA AND RUSSIA.

Current score:
6-3,3-6 1-1

[pau]

Misha is playing right now!!!! he's 6 3, 3 6, 2 2 .... come on Misha!!!! you can do it!!!!!
Nalbandian is playing right now too!!! he's 1 2

[SAFINNO1]

So a good start to the tie unfortunately Misha lost but that was encouraging performance, also Ancic was not at his best so a doubles win could and should give us a place in the final

Opening day's singles split
Ivan Ljubicic did what was required of him on the first day of the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas semifinal tie between Croatia and Russia.

With Russia leading 1-0 after the first singles, it was up to Ljubicic to save the day for the home side when he took on Mikhail Youzhny. After three hours and three minutes, the 1.93m tall Croat defeated Youzhny 36 63 64 46 64.

So after the first day the tie stands at 1-1. Day two will see the doubles rubber between Maria Ancic and Ljubicic and Youzhny and Dimitry Tursunov.

[SAFINNO1]

From DC website

[SAFINNO1]

[MaRije]

Thanks A lOt for the Pictures!

GoOd luck Russia Today!
Come On, you can Win!
Hope it SO much!

DAVAI & UDACHI ..!

[SAFINNO1]

COME ON RUSSIA.
It's gonna go to a 5th set we need to win this.

6-2 4-6 7-6(5) 2-5

[SAFINNO1]

Unfortunately Igor and Dmitry losy 6-4 in the final set, Igor broken in the last game of the match.
We have lost 2 5 setters and are going to have to win the 2 singles again tomorrow, how unfortunate. COME ON GUYS WE CAN STILL DO IT

[SAFINNO1]

Croatia win dramatic doubles to move step closer to final
It came as a surprise that when Croatia broke serve to win the crucial doubles rubber against Russia in the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas, that the roof over the Sportski Centar Gripe didn’t get blown off. The crowd erupted with such a deafening roar that the stadium which overlooks the Adriatic Sea, seemed to shake.

Mario Ancic and Ivan Ljubicic defeated Igor Andreev, who came in as a replacement for Mikhail Youzhny, and Dimitry Tursunov, in three hours 37 minutes, 62 46 76 36 64.

The standard of tennis was probably not memorable but at the same time it was gripping. The crowd was stunning and while there were times when they came close to unruliness, the noise and atmosphere they created more than made up for everything else. This match proved yet again that in Davis Cup players find that little bit more because they are playing not as individuals but as a team and for their country.

The Australian great Neale Fraser, himself a player and a former captain, once said that Davis Cup makes men out of boys.

“It’s great stuff. Every time we play Davis Cup here in Croatia, it’s an unbelievable energy we have from the crowd,” said Ljubicic. “We won our last three doubles in Croatia in five sets and in the beginning of the fifth set I told Mario we were going to make it again. We always did it and we are going to do it again … and with this crowd everything is much easier.”

Ancic opened the doubles just as he had done in every set of the singles match he played the day before. Soon he and Ivan Ljubicic were up a service break when they broke Dimitry Tursunov’s serve in the fourth game. The Croats stretched the lead to 5-2 and broke Tursunov again to seal the set in 29 minutes.

Again Ancic started the set but this time he dropped his serve. Igor Andreev staved off break points to make it 2-0 for Russia but the Croats came back by breaking Tursunov to level at 2-2. The reprieve didn’t last long because Ancic was broken a game later and the Russian kept their noses in front.

However, the set turned rowdy when the crowd didn’t like a call in the eighth game when a ball was called good but appeared out and the booing reached painful decibels. The set ended when Tursunov powered a smash away and the crowd amusingly was not happy.

In the third set with Tursunov serving in the sixth game a point was overruled by the chair umpire Carlos Ramos. Tursunov had played a brilliant passing shot down the line which the crowd thought was out but it was called in. It would have given Croatia two break points but instead it was 30/30. To say the crowd voiced their feelings would be an understatement.

They went to the tiebreak and the Russians raced to a 5-2 lead. Incredibly the Croats clawed back much to the fans delight. Five points fell in a row and the set ended with Ljubicic playing a delicately angled forehand drop volley.

But the lead enjoyed by Croatia evaporated when the Russians forged back to win the fourth set.

“We have been in this situation before, me and him and have played a lot of five sets and we didn’t panic,” said Ancic. “They served unbelievable and it was really hard to play doubles on this surface but we kept calm and went for our chance.”

The fifth went with serve with the locals always one game ahead having started serving in the set. But then that chance Ancic and Ljubicic were waiting for came. Andreev was serving to stay in the match but the Croats went on the attack and broke serve as the place erupted.

Now to the reverse singles and Ljubicic and Nikolay Davydenko play first followed by Ancic against Youzhny.

“What Nikolay showed on Friday was unbelievable, he played a great match against Mario but we are different types of players,” said Ljubicic. “Mario was at the net all the time and he was giving him a target. I’m going to try not to give him any targets and try to play from the baseline is not going to be easy but I have to serve well and hope that the crowd is going to help me also.”

[SAFINNO1]

Lol Annie, Andreev and Ancic both posing for the same picture



MEN TO BRING RUSSIA HOME.


All taken from DC site.

[SAFINNO1]

Oh well this amazing run had to end somewhere.
Koyla is currently 2-0 sets down to Ivan 3-6,6-7 had a lead of 4-2in TB so had a little chance but has not looked his best.
It's kinda funny i was looking at the earlier posts in this thread and we were all supporting Ivan to beat the USA and who would have thought it he would have beaten russia come SF.
Tennis is a funny old GAME

DAVAI RUSSIA

what a horrible weekend GB get thrashed 5-0 by Federer and co and Russia get knocked out.