Re: Ancic to begin Croatia's defence

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克羅埃西亞首天領先 2-0 Mario Ancic CRO d. Jurgen Melzer AUT 67(2) 67(4) 64 64 63 Ivan Ljubicic CRO d. Stefan Koubek AUT 62 62 64 ※ 引述《okk (︿(@￣o￣@)︿)》之銘言： : Ancic to begin Croatia's defence : It was Mario Ancic who won the match that handed Croatia its Davis Cup : triumph in December, and it is Ancic who will begin his country's defence of : the title in Graz on Friday. : The full draw for the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round tie : between Austria and Croatia in Graz is: : Jurgen Melzer (AUT) v Mario Ancic (CRO) : Stefan Koubek (AUT) v Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) : Julian Knowle/Alexander Peya (AUT) v Mario Ancic/Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) : Jurgen Melzer (AUT) v Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) : Stefan Koubek (AUT) v Mario Ancic (CRO) : Ljubicic straight into new role : Ivan Ljubicic will get his chance to sit on court as a playing captain before : he actually takes to the court as a player following the draw for the Davis Cup : by BNP Paribas World Group first round tie between Austria and Croatia. : Austrian No. 1 Jurgen Melzer and Croatian No.2 Mario Ancic will open the : proceedings on Friday with Ljubicic’s match against Austrian No. 2 Stefan : Koubek following. Matches start at 1300 local time. : It will be the first match for the holders since that great weekend in : Bratislava in December when Croatia defeated Slovak Republic to win its first : Davis Cup, one of the biggest, maybe the biggest, sports trophy in Croatian : history: : "Since we know the feeling, feeling of the champions we want to hold on as long : as possible", said Ljubicic. : Ljubicic will sit on court for the first set or set and a half while Ancic is : playing: : "We have some combinations, and we'll talk about it tonight. Anyway, I don’t : think [it] is a big deal, most of the time we play alone and need to find our : solutions alone". : Tough choice for Muster : The biggest talk before the draw was who would play the second singles for : Austria. Austrian captain and playing legend Thomas Muster made the decision : on Thursday morning, choosing Stefan Koubek over Oliver Marach: : "Yes, it was a difficult decision, and it took me a while, at the end it was : Koubek. I don’t want to go public, just let the players know on time. This is : my decision, and my responsibility". : Playing conditions, as far as Muster is concerned are perfect: : "Just what we wanted, the rest is up to us to make the most of it. It's not : easy to talk about the favourites, every tie starts at 50-50 and after every : match it changes. I would say that we will be much smarter on Friday evening". : Jurgen Melzer is happy to play first: : “It's easy to prepare than to watch and be excited if the first match goes : for four hours. Also, with a win I'd like to think it will put more pressure : on Ljubicic, less on Stefan". : Zagreb repeat : Ljubicic defeated Koubek last week in the final at the ATP Tour event in : Zagreb, but insists, it will have no reference to the match they play on : Friday: : "It will be a completely different match. Different surface, different : atmosphere, different surroundings. Like we never played before". : The Croatian No. 1 has no problems with the speed of the clay court: : "We expected [the court surface] to be extremely slow", but had something to : say about some things that surround the tie: : "Locker room, if you can call it that is definitely not World Group standard, : and possibly the worst I have seen. Apart from that, everything else is fine. : I would have liked to play first, and then concentrate on coaching, but you : have to take it as it comes". : Ancic ready : Mario Ancic is ready. First couple days he had minor groin injury problems, : but he was fine on Thursday: : "I came two days before even, and adapted well. We are here to fight for the : win. Nothing else matters. Only the win. Austria will be a difficult opponent, : but we hope to continue our great Davis Cup run.” : Julian Knowle and Alexander Peya will face Ancic and Ljubicic in Saturday’s : doubles rubber, while Sunday sees the reverse singles with the two best ranked : players for each country, Melzer and Ljubicic playing first, followed by : Koubek and Ancic. -- 為瑞絲薇絲朋拿下06奧斯卡影后集氣ing... -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 202.175.53.120