Talk About Tennis 2.0

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 10, 2022 3:09 am

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 09, 2022 3:04 pm I say the USA. It is a strong team, they do have at least two players that truly do not like to lose (Coco and Collins) and if Mc-Coco reunite for the doubles, they are a top notch team.

I find US teams don't care much about team events where they are representing their country, so you get some strange performances, like Madison's today...

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 3:59 pm Well, I gather you mean recent history, because the USA has the most wins in both competitions 38 wins/29 RU in DC, 18 wins/12 RU in Fed/BJK cup.
And the USA won the DC cup as recently as 2007, before entering the decline in the sport, and the Fed cup as recently as 2017.
I agree that Jimmy Connors never warmed up to the event; it was not his cup of tea. But Mac clearly said, at the peak of his career, that if it was DC, "just tell me when and where". Agassi, Sampras and Courier all won it, and Sampras' stopped playing when, after his 1995 DC heroics versus Russia, he came back to no fanfare and literally page 32 of the Sports Illustrated issue of that week (paraphrasing, he said "If this is how much people here in the USA care about the Dc, why should I?").
I will agree: for some countries, this is huge. The women in Czechia play they hearts out for it. For the Argentinean men, it was "the white whale", until they go it. But if you see the list of recent players for the USA, it has been their top players. They do not send team B for the DC or BJK cup.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 3:59 pm Well, I gather you mean recent history, because the USA has the most wins in both competitions 38 wins/29 RU in DC, 18 wins/12 RU in Fed/BJK cup.
And the USA won the DC cup as recently as 2007, before entering the decline in the sport, and the Fed cup as recently as 2017.
I agree that Jimmy Connors never warmed up to the event; it was not his cup of tea. But Mac clearly said, at the peak of his career, that if it was DC, "just tell me when and where". Agassi, Sampras and Courier all won it, and Sampras' stopped playing when, after his 1995 DC heroics versus Russia, he came back to no fanfare and literally page 32 of the Sports Illustrated issue of that week (paraphrasing, he said "If this is how much people here in the USA care about the Dc, why should I?").
I will agree: for some countries, this is huge. The women in Czechia play they hearts out for it. For the Argentinean men, it was "the white whale", until they go it. But if you see the list of recent players for the USA, it has been their top players. They do not send team B for the DC or BJK cup.