Really, really bad

March 7th, 2005 at 3:53 pm by Preston Taylor Holmes

And that continues to be the history of U.S. Davis Cup play for the past decade. This weekend, Croatia bounced the U.S. out of the international Davis Cup competition in the first round, despite the fact that the Yanks were playing at home and had home-court advantage.

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — The United States remains in a Davis Cup slump.

Ivan Ljubicic beat Andy Roddick in a taut, five-set marathon Sunday to give Croatia an insurmountable 3-1 lead in the opening-round Davis Cup matches.

Playing iron man for his country, Ljubicic outlasted Roddick 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (11), 6-7 (7), 6-2 in a match that lasted almost 4 hours.

“It’s tough to describe. Really, really bad,” a dejected Roddick said. “There’s no worse feeling than losing a match in Davis Cup in our sport, especially when your teammates are counting on you. There’s so many people that you’re playing for and that you feel like you’ve let down.”

I guess Andy is pretty lucky that nobody in the U.S. cares about Davis Cup. Well, except for me and 6 or 7 other people. ESPN2 didn’t even care enough to broadcast Roddick/Ljubicic match as originally scheduled, instead showing the most horrific of all sports… women’s college basketball. Ugggghhhh……

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4 Responses to “Really, really bad”

1. Hector Vex Says:
   March 8th, 2005 at 12:17 pm

   What is this – Tennis? Who gives a fuck?

2. Preston Taylor Holmes Says:
   March 8th, 2005 at 12:27 pm

   Listen, Vex. This is my damn blog and I’ll post about croquet if I damn well feel like it. Don’t make me come over there and point out the stupid shit you’re bitching about, you damn half-man.

   If you can’t get excited about Davis Cup tennis, then you’re directly in line with 99.91% of the rest of the general public. And that’s sad.

3. Deliverance Says:
   March 8th, 2005 at 3:14 pm

   Careful, PTH. If I’m not mistaken, you’re in or very close to Lady Vols country. Some of those girls could kick your butt into Georgia for such heresy. I could easily see Shyra Ely putting a slam dunk on you.

4. Hector Vex Says:
   March 8th, 2005 at 4:38 pm

   Croquet? Now THAT is a sport.

   I tried to get excited about Tennis a while ago when I was big into Raquetball, but I couldn’t find anyone else who could believe that yes, it is sometimes played on grass and clay.

   Now, no-one seems to care anymore. I guess I was just surprised… but hey… that A-rod has got one hot fiance.