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**KLhdfskja** · 10-16-2009, 05:52 PM

I don't know if it's the main reason, but it's got to be a significant part of it. ...That aspect would be almost completely lost if say Argentina and Switzerland played in Sweden. Tennis is not soccer with thousands of traveling supporters...

Quick story to support what Suliso says.
Long time ago, my country reached its pinnacle in Davis Cup. We were playing the relegation match to get into the world group. And were hosts. We were playing Denmark, and on Friday, we found ourselves locked one to one. Things didn't look bad, but they did not look great either. But then, on Saturday, our two top players played the match of their lives, and supported by our increasingly hoarse-throated crowd, pulled out an amazing 5 set victory. We were one victory away from the World group.
On Sunday, our number one took a two sets to one lead, going into the 10 minute break after the third set (a brilliant rule, only enforced in DC). The stands were packed, the pots and pans were banging, there were trumpets, horns, gongs, fireworks. This was lions VS catholics at the Roman Coliseum. A tough, tight fourth set came to a tie break, which our number one lost. The fifth set went by quickly, which he lost (he never recovered), and our number 2 lost in straights to their number two.
After all the mayhem, all the chaos, the Danish players were about to flee in a hurry. But to my never ending surprise, and I don't remember why, while they were packing up we stood up and applauded them. Loud and long. The flowers that some women had bought for our players were showered on the Danes, who were perplexed. Our guys got a long ovation, and later, in the press room (I had a friend that was a reporter and we got in) the Danish number one said he would never forget that moment, because he thought he was not going to make it out of the stadium alive, only to be bathed in flowers.
That was Venezuela VS Denmark, in Caracas. As Suliso says, try to recreate that in a third country. It simply could not happen.
Davis Cup every two years in a selected country? Might as well cancel the damn thing.

Now, back to Is the Season too long question. Ivan Ljubicic going out injured in Shanghai? How many matches has he played this year?
Again, I will leave it there.

10-16-2009, 05:52 PM	#14
KLhdfskja Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 434 Senior Member	I don't know if it's the main reason, but it's got to be a significant part of it. ...That aspect would be almost completely lost if say Argentina and Switzerland played in Sweden. Tennis is not soccer with thousands of traveling supporters... Quick story to support what Suliso says. Long time ago, my country reached its pinnacle in Davis Cup. We were playing the relegation match to get into the world group. And were hosts. We were playing Denmark, and on Friday, we found ourselves locked one to one. Things didn't look bad, but they did not look great either. But then, on Saturday, our two top players played the match of their lives, and supported by our increasingly hoarse-throated crowd, pulled out an amazing 5 set victory. We were one victory away from the World group. On Sunday, our number one took a two sets to one lead, going into the 10 minute break after the third set (a brilliant rule, only enforced in DC). The stands were packed, the pots and pans were banging, there were trumpets, horns, gongs, fireworks. This was lions VS catholics at the Roman Coliseum. A tough, tight fourth set came to a tie break, which our number one lost. The fifth set went by quickly, which he lost (he never recovered), and our number 2 lost in straights to their number two. After all the mayhem, all the chaos, the Danish players were about to flee in a hurry. But to my never ending surprise, and I don't remember why, while they were packing up we stood up and applauded them. Loud and long. The flowers that some women had bought for our players were showered on the Danes, who were perplexed. Our guys got a long ovation, and later, in the press room (I had a friend that was a reporter and we got in) the Danish number one said he would never forget that moment, because he thought he was not going to make it out of the stadium alive, only to be bathed in flowers. That was Venezuela VS Denmark, in Caracas. As Suliso says, try to recreate that in a third country. It simply could not happen. Davis Cup every two years in a selected country? Might as well cancel the damn thing. Now, back to Is the Season too long question. Ivan Ljubicic going out injured in Shanghai? How many matches has he played this year? Again, I will leave it there.
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