• (Not so) patiently waiting for @ben1984 to detail all the Davis Cup drama! I heard Team Canada wasn’t so much a ’team’ as it was a bunch of singles players not high-fiving one other. What gives?

    • yeahhh! As great as it was to be there, I did find the energy a little lacking! I couldn’t tell if it was just me or what but the first day of singles was a little blah for me ha ha. Not the best description but there wasn’t much to really get the crown going. Yes, Raonic did win his match and with some close points but it didn’t really…[Read more]

      • Dirt! More dirt! What was it like seeing Tsonga? And why did Posposil play him first? And you had a marching band in the crowd on Friday? Yes, I liked Dancevic’s attitude and energy. I still don’t quite know why his didn’t go farther. No one big shot?
        So… who’d you meet, what’d you see… come on! Details!

        • Tsonga was pretty awesome to watch. He moves really well for a big guy but that’s no surprise. Pospisil did a couple really good drops shots that I was sure he would never get to and not only did he run them down, he got it back over with interest. Dancevic has a pretty decent first serve, when he got it in and even the kick second serve…[Read more]

      • PS. Good stuff about Nestor. I agree – he didn’t seem to rise to the occasion. His first serve seemed to be a mess. But Llodra is reeeeealy good. Much improved in singles, also. Thanks to Mauresmo, I hear.

      • PPS. Bummer about the tickets for Day 3. I saw so many empty seats, though! Infurating that corporations will snatch them up, then have the audacity not to fill them!

  • Hi Ben. How’s it going? Thank you for the message. I am free to hit pretty much any evening and most anytime over the weekends. I am also free to play during the day for parts of the first week of January. Please send me a message if there is a time that works for you. Thanks! @ben1984