Re: 戴維斯杯八強賽美國陣前換將已刪文

看板US_Army作者wuliaude (....)時間12年前 (2012/04/03 11:10)推噓0(0推 0噓 0→)

留言0則, 0人參與討論串2/3 (看更多)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/sports/tennis/ us-davis-cup-team-adds-harrison-to-replace-fish.html 縮網址http://tinyurl.com/75x24ss 這則新聞主要是引用隊長Courier的話，提供比較多細節。包括： Fish退出的原因：沒有受傷，主要是過於疲累，選擇多休息後再參加Houston。這一季Fish在Miami之前表現的都不太好，且年紀漸大，故希望可穩健一點保持住排名。選擇Harrison的原因：還考慮過Roddick, Querry, Young and Sweeting。選擇 Harrison是因為Ryan本年雖然沒碰到好簽但越打越好，Courrier覺得以後會常用他，且Ryan本身很有意願。最重要的是現在Harrison狀況頗好，沒有身體上的問題，所以是Courier的第一人選。（另外我想Harrison可能也是美國年輕選手中算是比較可以打紅土的）勝算問題：Bryan兄弟是保障，Isner今年曾在紅土擊敗費大王，故也有希望。所以還是有機會勝法國。（這裡就沒提到Harrison XD）另外法國替代Monfils的是Simon。所以正常情況Ryan會跟Tsonga與Simon各打一場。 Ryan幾個禮拜前才在Indian Wells敗給Simon，賽後還蠻難過的。希望爆個小冷門復仇一下。(但是在人家的地盤....)報導評論Tsonga最強的場地不在紅土，而Simo n長期有傷，且在戴維斯杯戰績不佳，所以還是可以一博。 Mike Bryan在他的推特上放上美國隊在法國的合照。這次也有兩名年輕選手當培練員，分別是Kudla與Austin Krajicek（Austin其實大Harrison兩歲）。這張照片也照得太差了，又模糊又逆光。不過還是可以認出似乎還蠻興奮的Harrison 站在隊長Courier與Mike Bryan之間，很親熱的摟著隊友（裡面好像就他這樣XD）。真是可愛個性又好的小寶貝。 U.S. Davis Cup Team Adds Harrison to Replace Fish By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY Published: April 2, 2012 A teenager until next month, Ryan Harrison is unexpectedly a key member of the United States Davis Cup team that will face France in a quarterfinal beginning Friday at Monte Carlo Country Club. Harrison, 19, was named to replace the top-ranked American player, Mardy Fish, who chose not to make the transatlantic journey, citing extreme fatigue after a draining and largely frustrating start to the season. Harrison will join John Isner in the American singles lineup, with Bob and Mike Bryan to play doubles. “Ryan’s certainly hungry for it, and he’s had a pretty decent year so far, ” said Jim Courier, the United States captain, in a telephone interview from France. “He hasn’t had great draws, but Ryan’s playing better, getting better, and he’s a guy we’re going to use a lot in the future. This is a great shot for him and for me to spend some time together and hopefully for him to play really well this weekend.” Fish, 30, told Courier he could not play last Friday after consulting with physicians in Florida. Still ranked ninth, Fish has struggled to replicate the form that lifted him into the top 10 last year. After hinting at a resurgence by winning three rounds at the just-completed Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla., he relapsed in an erratic quarterfinal loss to Juan Monaco. “His body checked out on him the other night,” said John Tobias, Fish’s agent, in a telephone interview. Tobias said Fish began having “funny feelings” that concerned him at his hotel on Thursday night after the match. “Mardy asked me not get into the specific symptoms,” Tobias said. “But they were extreme enough for him to see a doctor that evening and then get some tests done from a second doctor the following morning in Vero Beach.” According to Tobias, doctors found no linkage to the thyroid condition that slowed Fish down early last season. “He checked out healthy this time,” Tobias said. “They couldn’t find anything. The doctors chalked it up to extreme fatigue and stress. The guy’s worn himself down and needs to take time off.” Fish, who is based in California, could not be reached for comment, but in a statement, he said he did not expect to need more than a few days’ rest and might play in next week’s clay-court event in Houston. “I’m not worried about Mardy; I don’ t think it’s anything life-threatening or career-threatening,” Courier said. “It’s just a precautionary move, but we both know he made the right choice not to come here.” Harrison, well-mannered off the court but fiery on it, has long been one of the country’s best prospects. An all-court player with an attacking bent, he won a Davis Cup match against Switzerland in February after the team already clinched the victory. But Harrison, ranked 66th, will be expected to play two live singles matches on the red clay of Monte Carlo Country Club, which is located, despite its name, just outside the principality of Monaco in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France. Courier had other options when Fish decided to withdraw. Courier’s alternatives included Sam Querrey, Ryan Sweeting, Donald Young and, above all, Andy Roddick, the pillar of the American team for a decade who has now dropped to No. 29th. Roddick upset Roger Federer at the Sony Ericsson Open last week. Courier said Harrison was his first choice because Harrison was the best prepared at this stage to handle the rigors of best-of-five-set matches. Courier said Roddick, who complained about his own fitness in Key Biscayne, supported the decision. “Physically, Ryan has no issues, and that’s obviously a huge factor,” Courier said. “That was probably my No. 1 factor.” Harrison will also be, by far, the lowest-ranked singles player in this quarterfinal. Isner has risen to No. 11 after reaching the final of the Masters 1000 event last month in Indian Wells, Calif. France’s singles players are expected to be sixth-ranked Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and 13th-ranked Gilles Simon, who was named to replace Gaël Monfils on Monday after Monfils withdrew with an abdominal injury. Monfils, a French Open semifinalist in 2008, is France’s most accomplished player on clay, but clay is the big-hitting Tsonga’s weakest surface. Though Simon is a quick, tenacious and deep-thinking counterpuncher, he has struggled in Davis Cup, winning just one of six live singles matches. He also has had recurring back pain this season, but he defeated Harrison in Indian Wells before losing in three sets to Isner. Guy Forget, the French captain, chose Simon as a substitute ahead of Richard Gasquet, a more established clay-court threat. The result of Monday’s lineup shifting is that this quarterfinal, the latest French-American duel in a Cup rivalry that dates to 1905, is particularly difficult to parse. The French have more experience and the home-court advantage at a club where no American man has won a regular tour title outright since Hugh Stewart in 1956. But the Bryans remain the world’s top doubles team, and Isner upset Federer on indoor clay during the Cup’s first round and last year became the first man to extend the clay-court master Rafael Nadal to five sets at the French Open. “We’re going to have our chances,” Courier said. “Clearly we’re a favorite anytime the Bryans step on the court, and the way that John has been playing recently I like his chances against anyone.” ※ 編輯: wuliaude 來自: 140.109.140.111 (04/03 13:00)

Re: 戴維斯杯八強賽 美國陣前換將已刪文

Re: 戴維斯杯八強賽美國陣前換將已刪文