Lose to Ecuador! I don't believe it! (Davis Cup)

Name: Tennis.Tim

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Product:	Davis Cup
Date:	07/11/00 (14 review reads)
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Advantages: stron singles players

Disadvantages: no good doubles pair at the moment

I went to the Davis cup match in the summer where Great Britain were playing Ecuador. It was terrible to see the country play so poorly and Greg Rusedski had a nightmare few days. We left too much pressure on Tim and Greg again and we paid the price of not having another top player as Greg got injured. Rusedski should have beaten N Lappenti but it was not to be. Then in the doubles they were far to good for Palmer and Henman. Then In the third day singles Henman took lappenti apart and then palmer had to deliver the goods but he could not do it unfortunately. Palmer played really well in the first two sets and took them relatively easily. He then ran out of gas in the tank and fel apart. G lappenti beat Palmer because he went back to playing as if he were on clay. G lappenti just let Palmer make all the mistakes. In conclusion it was a very poor show and we definitely rely too much on Tim and Greg to do all the work for the team. In addition to this fact we need to create a top Doubles team and this would give us an extra strength. I believe there are two juniors that play doubles together and they are very respectable. I believe that they won the Boys Doubles Title at the Us open so this looks promising for the future.

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