Federer out of Davis Cup match

Federer out of the race such a personal decision, in fact, once again highlighted the Davis Cup embarrassment over the years status; in the Air shoes Tennis Hall of Honor of the world, they will always be down by four Grand Slam are under pressure, "the first Second, citizens of the world. " In fact, this week failed to appear in court in Davis Cup Roger Federer is far from being a big star, and the world's top ten players, only half the entries; However, Federer or wind big tree, one has to bear all the controversy out of the race .

Nadal distress due to a knee injury, he announced that it would not participate in this year's Davis Cup. Spain between Argentina David Cup final will be held on November 21-23 in the coastal city of Mar del Plata Argentina.
Nadal in the Barcelona press conference, said the latest test results show that the inflammation of his right knee injury is still very serious and can not play this game very reluctant to do so, and he also accompanied by the attending physician, he attended the news conference.

"After a long and active season, missed Shanghai Masters Cup as well as the Davis Cup for me is pain. This is a difficult moment, but I have done all of their own. I have fought injuries competition, but this injury beyond my control. " See that, although the end of the year has been ahead of the first lock of the throne, but the last time in 2008, Nadal is still left to regret not small.

Nadal no doubt that the withdrawal from Argentina to host a greater opportunity to become champion, last month's semifinals, Nadal led Spain 4-1 in Madrid out of the United States, Argentina will enter the final after beating Russia. If Nadal can play, this will be his sixth to take part in the tournament. Spain in 2000 and won the 2004 Davis Cup champion, in 2004, 18-year-old Nadal is also not well-known in the Davis Cup defeat at the time had one of the world's second-ranked Roddick.

Davis Cup team this morning, a group of the world war ended the first day of competition for the quarter-finals

Davis Cup team this morning, a group of the world war ended the first day of competition for the quarter-finals, home of the Israeli team came out winner in the match against Russia in the two-game winning streak, increase promotion hopes.

Israel's Davis Cup team is the top eight in the dark, the other 7 teams can claim to be a strong tradition of wearing glasses, it is the first time in 22 years into the quarter-finals; other teams within the world's top 30 the star, the only team apart from Clia Israel (above) among 33 other players in the 200 away. But this horse is still in front of a black horse running in their very Huan,outperform the Russian team against the two race-bit.

Although the lack of Russia Nikolay Davydenko and Dmitry Tursunov of the two generals, but the team still looks quite weight. But who would have thought to take the lead in the Andreev lost 1 3 Levi,Cliawhen Youzhny was in large deficit, lose a 1 to 3, the Russian team was pushed to the edge out. "Tsar" Marat Safin's singles because of the recent poor results and are scheduled to play doubles, I do not know whether he can turn the tide.

War into the quarter-finals stage, Davis Cup is becoming increasingly fierce, this morning the end of the 8 singles play in the half of them are there only 5 winner, 3 in the battle of the solution only two. Andy Roddick of the United States lack also Consequently, a guest of the Croatian first two array folding. Blake is expected to match on, the battle with the giant Karlovic definitely very bad play. Sure enough, the two sides battle of three hours 38 minutes, five to the tiebreak after two wars, in the eating giant Hutchison 47 retrobulbar ACE, Blake was finally crushed. This is not a surprise, the longest round fight, then Ciric and costs continue to challenge even the patience of fans, the only need to play this round run-off stage into the long game disc. The final 4 minutes straight Ciric break even the costs of the last serve, 6 to 8 win over the fifth set, so that fight with him for nearly four half-hour home fans satisfied.

Due to the absence of Nadal, the defending champions Spain on clay at home, even in combat can not account for any cheaper. As the first singles of the five World War II through Verdasco before Becker won the German team, followed by playing a German --Robredo in straight setsRobredo eradication 3. Argentina, the Czech team and fighting the same level as 1 to 1, 2, 3 in Monaco after losing to Berdych, Del Potro run 3 to settle Minar 0, so that the last runner-up Argentina still a foothold in the game.

SR tennis pro unapologetic admirer of Federer

The nosebleed seats, well, you could get a Nike Air nose bleed from being up so high, and John Potter didn’t want to get a nosebleed, that day in 2005, not if he wanted to watch, study actually, Roger Federer. It was a tennis tournament at Indian Wells in Southern California and Potter, a club pro at La Cantera in Santa Rosa, wanted to get as close to Federer without being placed in handcuffs.

“I was this far away,” said Potter Monday, pointing to an air conditioning unit on the porch at La Cantera, no more than 15 feet from where he was sitting. Federer was practicing on a side court and as Potter remembered it, he was staring through a chain link fence, transfixed on what was before him. He wasn’t alone. There were maybe 20-30 people doing the same thing.

“Now that I think about,” Potter said, “it felt like I was at the zoo. You know how you look at the animals, looking in awe at what they are? It was like I was noticing the size of an elephant.”

Of course the elephant was Federer, as big as they get in the tennis zoo, the guy who just won his record 15th Grand Slam title Sunday at Wimbledon. And for somebody like Potter, now 52, who teaches tennis, observes tennis, thinks of the sport almost as if it’s his second skin, he had a front row seat to magic.

It’s the only way to truly describe Federer, this thing called magic, and after a time Potter came across as good an example as anyone could to describe that magic.

“I couldn’t hear his feet hitting the ground,” Potter said.

Even as he said that last sentence, Potter was shaking his head, almost as if he were disagreeing with himself. Tennis players don’t move silently on an invisible cushion of air. Shoes squeak, scuff, buckle, twist, all because they must. Running at full speed, braking suddenly, to either side or forward and back, tennis players reveal the stress of their activity through their shoes, not counting those women players who grunt loudly after a serve, you’d think they are birthing a calf.

“It’s just not easy to do,” said Potter, who has been teaching at La Cantera for 15 years. “For Federer to play at the high level he does, and to play that light, Air shoes’s unbelievable.”