“The ITF and Royal Belgian Tennis Federation (RBTF), in consultation with the relevant officials and our risk assessment and security advisers, are closely monitoring the situation in Belgium and specifically in Ghent. But if you ask me, I think Andy is doing all right”.
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“But the current Belgian team has a very good chemistry and while Goffin and Steve Darcis might not be flashy players they are consistent and they have done very well to get themselves in the position they are in now”.
“Obviously I understand if people make another decision because of what’s been happening in Brussels”. Everyone is very comfortable in the team.
The venue is a “soulless warehouse on the edge of an industrial estate, with a ceiling so low that it must only barely meet the ITF’s standards”, says Simon Briggs of the Daily Telegraph.
The final will be held from November 27 to November 29 at the Flanders Expo arena in Ghent. James Ward was not so sure.
“Security is tighter than it would normally be for media arriving so early in the week, and it is cold”.
World number two Andy Murray and his brother Jamie, who grew up in Dunblane, have propelled Britain through the draw, with Andy churning out vital singles wins and teaming up with his elder sibling in the doubles. “But I liked it”.
Dan Evans has joined the squad as a hitting partner, and initial reports are that the team are pleased with the quality of the indoor clay court, BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller said.
The Davis Cup, a solitary team competition in a solo game, has been around since 1900, with players from all corners of the world joining forces to represent their country, often setting aside fierce personal differences. It’s not just about this year, it’s been about the last four, five years. “We’ll all work together as a team and fight for the best result for all of us”.
“I was always planning on coming and playing”. The Argentine is, after all, the club’s best player by some distance.
Australia won the event 15 times from a possible 18 between 1950 and 1967, helped immeasurably by the mastery and guile of Roy Emerson, John Newcombe, and perhaps the greatest of them all, Rod Laver. It doesn’t change. It’s a tennis match you’ll prepare for.
“I don’t see how anyone can say they have capitalised on it”, he told The Guardian.
“Everyone was a little bit concerned”. That’s why I didn’t speak to the guys directly about it just yet.
“I was going to go but I am not anymore”, revealed Henman.
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“I’ve been saying the last few days, a lot of the ties you think everything’s fine and the security you don’t necessarily need it”, he said. I feel pretty focused.
