FED CUP 2012 - E/A Zone Group 1: R1 ties - Eilat (Israel)- 1-4 Feb

[david1610]

5-4 lots of breaks. Hopefully one more as The Netherlands look to serve it out.
C'mon GB!

[Jan]

and they break!! 5-5

[MurrayAOne]

Come On GB!!!!!!!!!!!!

[patmoren]

Nobody holding serve 5-5

[Jan]

GB hold :cheer: come on girls!!

[patmoren]

GB hold, 6-5 Dutch serving to stay in the set.

[Jane]

:cheer:Well done, girls:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer: 7-5

[-J-]

:cheer::cheer:

[patmoren]

Gb take the first set 7-5

[Jan]

yessssssssssssssss! Phone rang at sp! Someone doing political research :grrr:

[david1610]

Great to get the first set. Now keep it going. Both girls are champions, don't forget.
And Portugal will serve for their tie at 5-3!!
C'mon GB!

[Jan]

Israel break back

[patmoren]

Gb hold first game, under a lot of pressure from the Dutch. Keep it up GB.

[Jan]

GB break!! 2-0
Isreal save match point!

[patmoren]

GB break 2-0 on a roll.

[Jan]

GB save break points.
Think Portugal must have won - they had mp and score vanished.
edit - they did!

[Jan]

argh broken back

[patmoren]

Another rollercaster th Dutch break back 2-1 GB.

[JAMES4578]

yes unfortunately but let's hope Heather and Laura can get this wrapped up in two! A solid win for Bally earlier after Anne unfortunately went down.

[patmoren]

Neck and Neck 3-3

[david1610]

C'mon GB!

[Jan]

down a break again

[patmoren]

Break by the Dutch again 4-3

[JAMES4578]

Not quite going to plan atm, come on Heather and Laura!

[david1610]

Big push... let's break back then hold. C'mon GB!

[MurrayAOne]

Come on girls!! You can do this!!!!!!!!!!

[patmoren]

Dutch consolidate the break 5-3 GB serving to stay in the set.

[Jan]

*5-4 to Ned
come on Hev and Laura!!

[-J-]

5-4 :sofa:

[Jan]

expecting some people round for a meeting any time now :sad:
Come on GB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[david1610]

4-5 Next three games and you are stars! C'mon GB!
Yes! Break! One third of the task done.
Now this is a BIG hold. But you can do it.
C'mon GB!
Part two executed! They held 6-5.
Bit of Judy whispering and away we go.
C'mon GB!

[Jan]

yesssssssssssssss 5-5!

Now HOLD!!!!! (where have I heard that before??!)

[MurrayAOne]

Come Oooooooooon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....excited.

[patmoren]

GB do it again back to 5-5

[MurrayAOne]

Well done girls!!!!!!!!

[-J-]

dutch serving to stay in t

[patmoren]

Gb lead 6-5, Dutch serving to stay in the match.

[Linda]

Come on girls! :swingin:

[JAMES4578]

Let's go Heather and Laura!

[david1610]

Deuce! Two points away. You can do this GB. So do it.
C'mon GB!

[david1610]

Never mind. TB. It is. Get that first point.
C'mon GB!
Good! Now one, even two, of theirs please!
C'mon GB!
Never mind 1-2. Really big points. Please get them!
C'mon GB!
Eek! 2-3 Get the next point to turn round 3-3 please.
C'mon GB.
3-3. Well done. Now get the next point and hold your two serves and almost done. You can do this. So please do it.
C'mon GB!
4-3. You are listening. Keep it up. Next two points please. Do it please.
C'mon GB!
Can't type fast enough... 5-3. Get that next serving point. You can do this. So please do it.
C'mon GB!
Oh well. 5-4. Get the next point please. Do it. C'mon GB!
Well done 6-4. Get the next point. That was... the next. Please! Do it.
C'mon GB!
6-5 On serve. Somebody find an ace please. C'mon GB. You can do it. So do it. Please.
C'mon GB!
Taking ages. Please... please... please.....

[-J-]

lS TB :grr:

[patmoren]

Tie break!!

[JAMES4578]

oh well it's a breaker, come on!

[-J-]

Robson & Watson win 7-5 7-6. :cheer:

[patmoren]

Brilliant win for Laura and Heather 7-5, 7-6. GB triumphant.

[Linda]

Woo hoo! :cheer: :cheer:

[MurrayAOne]

Yeeeeees! Excellent win! Well done girls!!!!!!!

[Alis]

Fantastic win - well done team GB!!!!!

[JAMES4578]

Heather/Laura get the job done 7-5, 7-6 and GB have another win! Fabulous everyone! :cheer::cheer::cheer:

[david1610]

Robson & Watson win 7-5 7-6. :cheer:
My ls froze.... Thank you J thank you Heather. Thank you Laura.
Big time match play. Big time. The young 'uns done us proud.
That was seriously good stuff.
Now R&R and still not over as Israel can still come back, but presumably Britain just need to avoid a whitewash tomorrow. Or have they even already qualified due to the straight sets victory?

Anybody know?

[Jane]

:cheer:Brilliant - well done Laura and Heather:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

[-J-]

My ls froze.... Thank you J thank you Heather. Thank you Laura.
Big time match play. Big time. The young 'uns done us proud.
That was seriously good stuff.
Now R&R and still not over as Israel can still come back, but presumably Britain just need to avoid a whitewash tomorrow. Or have they even already qualified due to the straight sets victory?

Anybody know?mine froze to went to twitter
worth while following stu fraser hes out there with team

[hfwardhouse]

Oh that's absolutely fantastic :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

[david1610]

Think Judy should have the last word for the time being:
"I can see Jordan from my hotel balcony. No, not her. yfrog.com/ntxa6cmj"

[-J-]

GB have to win the tie v Israel (score not important) to advance

[david1610]

GB have to win the tie v Israel (score not important) to advance
Are you sure? Thought it was posted earlier that Peer had lost and then Portugal won the doubles so .....

Please correct me if wrong. Then GB could go through even if they lost, or would it be head-to-head result first, in which case I see what you mean. But if Portugal beat the Netherlands and 3 countries tied, wouldn't it come down to matches and then sets....
Israel beat the Netherlands 2-1 GB beat Portugal 3-0
GB beat the Netherlands 2-1 Portugal beat Israel 2-1 (need that confirming not sure as I was out)

That would make GB 2 Israel 1 Portugal 1 The Netherlands 0
So scenarios for tomorrow could be GB 3 no problem or GB 2 Israel 2 then if PT 1 and the Neth 1 do Israel go through head to head
or what about GB 2 Israel 2 and the Neth 0 Presumably then it would be match score which at the moment is
GB 5/6 Israel 3/6 Portugal 2/6 the Netherlands 2/6
Then GB would need to win one match tomorrow if there was a threeway tie for first place....

Shouldn't be speculating as I do not know the rules!

[-J-]

Are you sure? Thought it was posted earlier that Peer had lost and then Portugal won the doubles so isn't the score so far GB 2 W The Netherlands 0 Israel 1 and Portugal 1

Please correct me if wrong. Then GB could go through even if they lost, or would it be head-to-head result first, in which case I see what you mean. But if Portugal beat the Netherlands and 3 countries tied, wouldn't it come down to matches and then sets....im going by steven
yes RT @DeanoBrown2010 (https://twitter.com/#!/DeanoBrown2010): @GBtennis (https://twitter.com/#!/GBtennis) So I right in thinking now GB just have to win the tie v Israel (score not important) to advance?

[-J-]

wise one

GBtennis (https://twitter.com/#%21/GBtennis) Steven



#FedCup (https://twitter.com/#%21/search?q=%23FedCup) Pool C: If I've got t/b rules right, winner of GB v ISR advances unless POR beat NED, then GB winning 1 rubber tomorrow prob enough

[david1610]

Ok... must be head to head then but..... POR could do us a big favour as I would have thought Israel, with Peer, would have been a much tougher ask, and they have done that. They also still have a chance and the Netherlands do not, so you never know!

[-J-]

Ok... must be head to head then but..... POR could do us a big favour as I would have thought Israel, with Peer, would have been a much tougher ask, and they have done that. They also still have a chance and the Netherlands do not, so you never know!So sick of glorious failure,so no chicken counting here

[-J-]

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[MurrayAOne]

on a lighter note

Excellent!

[Jan]

fantastic result - just back from meeting!!!
Well done girls :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

[Sallydaisy]

Go GB Girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

[davech]

Yay! :yahoo:

[xenon21]

Brilliant stuff from the GB gals! Loving Hev and Laura's singing! :D

[Steven]

In case anyone is wondering (as some were on BT), the article on the Fed Cup website at http://www.fedcup.com/en/news/articles/europeafrica-zone-group-i-day-2.aspx is correct in what it says about qualification from Pool C but it misses out lots of the possible outcomes. I stand by what I said yesterday (the tweets J re-posted in here) but if things get close later on, it might help to see the possibilities set out one by one instead of just taking my word for it, so here goes!

GBR win -> GBR the only team with 3 tie wins -> GBR go through whatever happens in NED v POR

ISR win & NED win -> GBR & ISR both with 2 tie wins, NED & POR 1 -> 2-way tie -> ISR go through on H2H v GBR

ISR win & POR win -> GBR, ISR & POR all with 2 tie wins, NED 0 -> 3-way tie -> decided on matches won as follows:

ISR 3-0 & POR 3-0 -> GBR 5, ISR 6, POR 5 -> ISR go through
ISR 3-0 & POR 2-1 -> GBR 5, ISR 6, POR 4 -> ISR go through

ISR 2-1 & POR 3-0 -> GBR 6, ISR 5, POR 5 -> GBR go through
ISR 2-1 & POR 2-1 -> GBR 6, ISR 5, POR 4 -> GBR go through

So, as mentioned above, this reduces to GB needing to beat ISR, but a 1-2 loss to Israel would be enough if POR to beat NED as well.

Reference: Fed Cup 2012 rulebook http://bit.ly/wSL8zS Appendix A part 11

Only GBR or ISR can win Pool C now but the NED v POR match is not a 'dead' match for those two teams because the outcome will affect which team ends up in a relegation playoff - with their two tie wins, GBR have already avoided that possibility for sure.

The winner of Pool C will play the winner of Pool A in Saturday's playoffs, which will in turn decide who gets into a World Group II playoff in April. (there are only 3 Fed Cup weekends in the calendar c.f. 4 for DC, so the Fed Cup World Group has two divisions of 8 teams each and winning the World Group II playoff tie gets you into the 2nd division of the World Group for the following year) Whoever wins the deciding doubles rubber in the AUT v BUL tie will win Pool A and Austria currently lead that rubber 6-1 5-2*.

Finally, NED have a Fed Cup ranking of 23, which makes yesterday's win GB's biggest Fed Cup rankings scalp for 6 years, since they beat Bulgaria (then ranked 19) 2-1 in Plovdiv in 2006. :)

Also, by beating Krajicek yesterday, Bally became only the 5th Brit ever to win 30 or more Fed Cup rubbers (singles and doubles combined)after Virginia Wade 66, Jo Durie 34, Clare Wood 34 and Sue Barker 31. :)

[david1610]

Portugal and the Netherlands have already started and Anne K's match just appeared on http://matchscorer.com/Live/fedcup.htm

Anne K. is playing Glushko. Quite a responsibility as this presumably means Bally gets the high ranked Peer, who may be out to prove something after being beaten yesterday.

I still would like a Portugal victory, just to ease fears! Mind you Anne K and Bally winning and then the girls rounding it off would be even better!
C'mon GB!

[Oscar]

Thanks Steven. I think that's clearer but I had to read it several times to work it out! Basically a win in all 3 ties would be the easy option, then at least we get a chance at promotion tomorrow and Sunday

Getting ahead of myself here - go GB!

[david1610]

Portugal get the first set in their first match against Israel.
Anne K. has broken serve in her first game.
C'mon GB!

[hfwardhouse]

:yahoo: GO TEAM GB

Great start from Anne!

[david1610]

Anne K. holding to keep the break at 3-1.
Another break at 4-1. If Anne K. could keep her early momentum throughout most of her WTA matches, her ranking would really rise!

Now a question of keeping focus and keeping it going. Whisper away Judy!
C'mon GB!

PS Ned get break in second set to go 3-2 up, one set down in first match against POR

[hfwardhouse]

She has a double break now - 4-1 :)

[Jan]

did you know there is a stream??:
http://www.sport5.co.il/HTML/articles/Article.411.115255.html

(courtesy of Stu Fraser on twitter :) )

[hfwardhouse]

Anne won the first set 6-2 :yahoo:

[Jan]

hooray!!! :cheer:

[Oscar]

What has happened - they seem to have stopped playing?

Sorry - they seem to be off again!

[supergran]

Anne K wins first set 6-2.

[hfwardhouse]

What has happened - they seem to have stopped playing?

Sorry - they seem to be off again!

Think the Israeli girl went to the loo!

[-J-]

did you know there is a stream??:
http://www.sport5.co.il/HTML/articles/Article.411.115255.html

(courtesy of Stu Fraser on twitter :) )took a while, but now works
thank you (&stu)

[hfwardhouse]

Stream working for me - Anne just broke in opening game of second set :yahoo:

[-J-]

looks a bit chilly there :pirate:

[hfwardhouse]

Wooooooooooo Annie breaks again to go 3-0 in the 2nd :yahoo:

[david1610]

did you know there is a stream??:
http://www.sport5.co.il/HTML/articles/Article.411.115255.html

(courtesy of Stu Fraser on twitter :) )
Brilliant! The joys of playing the hosts! And Anne now 3-0 up. Just stay focused.
C'mon GB!

Livestream shows how well Anne must have been doing against a partisan home crowd of course!

[Jan]

going really well :cheer:

[david1610]

Her opponent is really rattled. Use it!
C'mon GB!

[Oscar]

The Israeli girl doesn't look very happy does she?

[david1610]

The Israeli girl doesn't look very happy does she?
Well in a way it at least shows she cares, but having said that, use it Anne!
Very windy by the looks of things as well.
C'mon GB!

[david1610]

Not very impressed with the Israeli tactics. That is twice Anne has been interrupted this game!

4-1 Stay focused Anne.
C'mon GB!

[Jan]

meanwhile Portugal are 3-1 up in the final set of their match.
And listening to the commentary on the stream, I can't understand much, but did hear the words "Judy Murray" and "chocolate" :rolling:

[hfwardhouse]

What a stroppy mare that Israeli girl is :shocked: she's stomping about the place - so grumpy!

[Jan]

5-1 come on Anne!

[david1610]

Well held Anne. 5-1
And Portugal up 4-1 in the third set of their first match (so the insurance policy on track as well).

[Oscar]

She seems to break rackets for a pastime too!

[Oscar]

It looks nearly as cold there as it is here!

[Jan]

MP!

[hfwardhouse]

:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Anne wins 6-2 6-1

[patmoren]

Great display by Anne, totally unaffected by the Histrionics of the Israeli. Anne Wins 6-2, 6-1

[Jan]

:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

[-J-]

scenario B covered now to secure A as well :yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

[david1610]

Well done Anne!!!! Big hug from Judie, then the rest of the players and team. Obviously great TEAM SPIRIT there.
Now for the tricky match!
C'mon GB!!

Portugal 5-2 up in third set.

Must admit the chemistry looks so right compared to what I saw in Estoril two years ago, where nobody dared to say boo to a goose, Nigel Sears hovered over the girls reminiscent of the Israeli male coach just then. Much better body language to have a female coach companion sat alongside, having a quiet word where necessary.

C'mon GB!

[-J-]

seal the deal

[supergran]

Well done Anne. Great result, played positively!!:cheer::cheer:

[Jan]

Come on Bally!!!! Let's get this done!

[-J-]

Porto 5- 2 in third

[Jan]

and Portugal win - thank you!!!

[david1610]

The NED POR match has gone off livescores. Presumably Portugal won. Did anybody note the score?

[Jan]

think it was 6-3 in the 3rd

[rondun]

So if I get this straight - if either Portugal or elena win the next match we're through?

[Jan]

yes that's my understanding of it.

[supergran]

Think if Bally wins they're though. Sure someone will confirm and give more info.:)

[Jan]

yes - see Steven's post no.318 in this thread

[patmoren]

That is what GB tennis said yesterday, we are through if we beat Israel or we win one match and Portugal beat Netherlands

[Jane]

:cheer:Well done, Anne:cheer::cheer:

and best of luck to Elena:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

[Jan]

off out for about 10mins. Come on Bally :cheer:

[supergran]

Come on Bally!!!:cheer::cheer:

[JAMES4578]

Fabulous Anne, well done! Come On Elena!

[-J-]

bally serving *0-1

[rondun]

Come on Bally!!!:cheer::cheer:Come on Portugal!!!:cheer::cheer:

[david1610]

Great hold by Bally! Come on GB! POR a break up in the other tie!

[-J-]

if bally wins, do they still play dubs

[david1610]

In case anyone is wondering (as some were on BT), the article on the Fed Cup website at http://www.fedcup.com/en/news/articles/europeafrica-zone-group-i-day-2.aspx is correct in what it says about qualification from Pool C but it misses out lots of the possible outcomes. I stand by what I said yesterday (the tweets J re-posted in here) but if things get close later on, it might help to see the possibilities set out one by one instead of just taking my word for it, so here goes!

GBR win -> GBR the only team with 3 tie wins -> GBR go through whatever happens in NED v POR

ISR win & NED win -> GBR & ISR both with 2 tie wins, NED & POR 1 -> 2-way tie -> ISR go through on H2H v GBR

ISR win & POR win -> GBR, ISR & POR all with 2 tie wins, NED 0 -> 3-way tie -> decided on matches won as follows:

ISR 3-0 & POR 3-0 -> GBR 5, ISR 6, POR 5 -> ISR go through
ISR 3-0 & POR 2-1 -> GBR 5, ISR 6, POR 4 -> ISR go through

ISR 2-1 & POR 3-0 -> GBR 6, ISR 5, POR 5 -> GBR go through
ISR 2-1 & POR 2-1 -> GBR 6, ISR 5, POR 4 -> GBR go through

So, as mentioned above, this reduces to GB needing to beat ISR, but a 1-2 loss to Israel would be enough if POR to beat NED as well.

Reference: Fed Cup 2012 rulebook http://bit.ly/wSL8zS Appendix A part 11

Only GBR or ISR can win Pool C now but the NED v POR match is not a 'dead' match for those two teams because the outcome will affect which team ends up in a relegation playoff - with their two tie wins, GBR have already avoided that possibility for sure.

The winner of Pool C will play the winner of Pool A in Saturday's playoffs, which will in turn decide who gets into a World Group II playoff in April. (there are only 3 Fed Cup weekends in the calendar c.f. 4 for DC, so the Fed Cup World Group has two divisions of 8 teams each and winning the World Group II playoff tie gets you into the 2nd division of the World Group for the following year) Whoever wins the deciding doubles rubber in the AUT v BUL tie will win Pool A and Austria currently lead that rubber 6-1 5-2*.

Finally, NED have a Fed Cup ranking of 23, which makes yesterday's win GB's biggest Fed Cup rankings scalp for 6 years, since they beat Bulgaria (then ranked 19) 2-1 in Plovdiv in 2006. :)

Also, by beating Krajicek yesterday, Bally became only the 5th Brit ever to win 30 or more Fed Cup rubbers (singles and doubles combined)after Virginia Wade 66, Jo Durie 34, Clare Wood 34 and Sue Barker 31. :)
Just pushing this back up to refer to...

[david1610]

if bally wins, do they still play dubs
And if Portugal win, for that matter.
BTW if screecher Brito wins her match (3-0 at the moment) maybe we should give her a bit more slack e.g. at Wimbledon next year, because if she wins, GB go through!
Bally holds 2-2. Tricky tricky but when she gets the first serve in, it certainly helps.
C'mon GB!

[hfwardhouse]

:yahoo: Bally breaks!!!

[david1610]

Shalosh Shtein--- 3-2 I understood it!!! (Learnt some Arabic and to count in Hebrew and was four months in Israel and Palestine many years ago)
Heather and Laura shouting away!!!
Now hold the break Bally!
C'mon GB!

[-J-]

LR is a bundle of energy isnt she

[david1610]

First set to Portugal. One more set and GB through. I know we would like to do it on our own merit, but plan B coming along well!
Laura and Anne blowing away at their horns and Judy wondering about whether her hearing can stand it! Love it!
And Bally holds. 4-2.
C'mon GB!

[-J-]

Shalosh Shtein--- 3-2 I understood it!!! (Learnt some Arabic and to count in Hebrew and was four months in Israel and Palestine many years ago)
Heather and Laura shouting away!!!
Now hold the break Bally!
C'mon GB!to clever by far :p
been here over a year and i strugle to get past good morning, tho i have got " its cold" nailed

[david1610]

Double break! 5-2 GB.
Keep it up Bally. One more game.
C'mon GB!

[Jan]

brilliant from Bally!

[-J-]

di brit a set n break up,
*starting to think bout putting the eggs in a nice pile*

[Jan]

Peer gets one break back

[david1610]

5-3 Eek! Don't forget how difficult those first two holds were. Not over yet.
Thank goodness for double breaks.
Now get this game and get the momentum back.
C'mon GB!

[supergran]

Come onnnnnnnnnnn !!!!

[Jan]

come on Bally!!!!!!!!!!!!

[supergran]

5-3! Come on Elena!!

[-J-]

time for judy to earn her cake

[Jan]

:sofa:

[-J-]

sp

[david1610]

SP. Take it Bally please!
C'mon GB!

[david1610]

Deuce.
C'mon GB!

[-J-]

2d set pont

[-J-]

arggg:sofa:

[Jan]

Peer playing very well. 2 sp's saved

[david1610]

Deuce. Some great play by Shahar Peer!
Ride the storm Bally. You can do it. So do it!
C'mon GB!
BP Israel. Saved by Bally.
C'mon GB!
SP GB. Bally hits wide.
But Bally is playing very well.
C'mon GB!

[rondun]

time for judy to earn her cakeBetter not let Bally see it

[Jan]

well done Bally

[-J-]

3rd set point

[Jan]

argh deuce again

[-J-]

4th sp

[Jan]

Yes!!!

[-J-]

good girl:cheer::cheer:

[david1610]

Yes!!!!
Well done Bally!

[Jane]

Well done Bally:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

[supergran]

Brilliant Bally!!!

[hfwardhouse]

:yahoo: :yahoo:

Well done Bally - 1 more set to go!

[LC the fan]

Phew ! And portugal seem to be going pretty well too so its looking better and better.

[Jan]

well played Bally - she held her nerve well :cheer:

[Jan]

Shame Bally couldn't win one of those break points

[-J-]

poto serving for the tie

[Jan]

2 bps saved well by Bally

[-J-]

PORTUGAL take it i do believe that is that

[Jan]

PORTUGAL take it i do believe that is that
it is!!!!!!!!!

[-J-]

hope judy has a little word with bally, a win would be nice but energy concervation could be a factor with a play off match to think off

[Jan]

mto for Bally, down 0-3 in the 2nd.

[-J-]

mto for Bally, down 0-3 in the 2nd.tactical genius ?

[david1610]

Back from taking my son to music classes.
Good to read Portugal won so we are through!!!!
C'mon GB!

[-J-]

yes PORTUGAL won 61 62 IIRC
think bally is ok

[david1610]

PORTUGAL take it i do believe that is that
Given they won their other two ties, it makes the GB 3-0 victory against them even better!

[rondun]

tactical genius ?Or normal for Bally?

I might not speak Iraeli but I'm sure I knew who the commie was talking about when she said "Feliciano Lopez...Deliciano"!

[Jan]

I might not speak Iraeli but I'm sure I knew who the commie was talking about when she said "Feliciano Lopez...Deliciano"!

Yes I picked that up too :rolling:

[LC the fan]

:clap: what a triumph for Judy - just to get to the qualifying final is a great first step

[Jan]

woo hoo Bally breaks back :cheer:

[rondun]

Does anybody else think if Judy wasn't sitting there, we'd be 0-2 down in this match?

[david1610]

Break back. Now hold Bally! 2-3
C'mon GB!

[Jan]

Peer has ankle problem??

[AllyB]

Does anybody else think if Judy wasn't sitting there, we'd be 0-2 down in this match?

Possibly. Anne and Elena are both good players but Judy seems to have got them believing in themselves a bit more!

[david1610]

Does anybody else think if Judy wasn't sitting there, we'd be 0-2 down in this match?
1-1 to be fair.
I think Anne's opponent was too error-strewn to be too much of a risk, and was very rattled on court, but Judy did her bit to keep Anne calm. I think there is a stronger argument for the first day. Even though the opponents were lower ranked, they were dangerous players as the last two days have shown!

3-3
Has Peer given up? Judy asking for clarification.

[Jan]

both girls having treatment

[rondun]

1-1 to be fair.
I think Anne's opponent was too error-strewn to be too much of a risk, and was very rattled on court, but Judy did her bit to keep Anne calm.
That's what I mean - seen Anne throw away too many games like that.

...what's going on in this match, are they seeing who's going to retire first?

[Jane]

Good girl

[MurrayAOne]

Just got in. Can anyone tell me if this is on a livestream? Thanks.

[Jan]

Bally breaks!

[hfwardhouse]

Nice one Bally - up a break 4-3

[Jan]

http://www.sport5.co.il/HTML/articles/Article.411.115255.html

[Jan]

5-3 now

[david1610]

I am very impressed with how Bally moved Peer around during that game. 5-3.
C'mon GB!

[MurrayAOne]

http://www.sport5.co.il/HTML/articles/Article.411.115255.html

Excellent! Thank you!!!

[Jan]

you're welcome!

[Jan]

mp!

[hfwardhouse]

Match point - Bally's in a hurry to get in the warm!

[Maza1987]

pleased to see the girls doing well.
would be superb if we can win the promotion play off

[hfwardhouse]

:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Bally wins!

[Jan]

Fan-bally-tastic :yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

[david1610]

Great win for Bally!!!
We play Austria next

Austria: Tamira Paszek,48
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 96,

I saw Paszek get a bagel against Heather at Estoril last year and she has a weird serve and very powerful groundstrokes.

Looking forward to tomorrow.
Bally is over the moon!!!!

[Mickey]

Well done Bally,now the doubles can be played without any pressure. Well done JUDY and the GIRLS.

[Alis]

Fantastic win girls - well done!!!! Good luck in the playoff. Anyone know who they are likely to play?

[cazza99]

Well done girls :yahoo: :yahoo:

[david1610]

Just to put it in perspective. That is three ties nearly completed and Britain have just dropped one match and two sets in 8 matches so far!

[-J-]

Fantastic win girls - well done!!!! Good luck in the playoff. Anyone know who they are likely to play?Austria

[david1610]

So Hev and Laura are playing Messi and Dani Alves, it would seem ......

[-J-]

streams gone, hope it comes back

[Jane]

Well done Bally:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

[MurrayAOne]

Great win Elena!!!! Thanks for the livestream link. so good to watch play after staring at numbers willing them to change the last couple of days!!!

[patmoren]

Great few days for Female Team GB. Hopefully it will have helped them when they play on thye WTA tour.

[patmoren]

streams gone, hope it comes back
Like most countries except GB don't show the doubles.

[david1610]

Doubles match for Laura and Hev is now up on livescores... Peer not playing and replaced by (word punners sharpen your pencils):
SHLOMO
C'mon GB!

[-J-]

streams back

[-J-]

GB break up * 4-2
6-2 first set

[Jan]

first set 6-2:yahoo:

[patmoren]

Team GB really motivated, wonder why that is???

[Oscar]

I see Grumpy from Israel is playing again

[patmoren]

Difficult first game but Laura and Heather hang in there 1-0

[Jan]

nice hold there - good serving from Heather

[david1610]

What was the stream again, please?

[Jan]

http://www.sport5.co.il/HTML/articles/Article.411.115255.html

[-J-]

http://www.sport5.co.il/HTML/articles/Article.411.115255.htmllighting reflexes

[patmoren]

http://www.sport5.co.il/HTML/articles/Article.411.115255.html

[Jan]

apart from the df much better serving there from Laura. keep it up girls :cheer:

[Jan]

lighting reflexes
must be spending too much time here!

[david1610]

This is great! While it lasts.... c'mon GB!

[-J-]

serving forit 5-1

[patmoren]

GB serving for the match at 5-1

[-J-]

that shallot :cheer::cheer::cheer:

[hfwardhouse]

:yahoo: GB win 6-2 6-1

Brilliant result for the girls!

[david1610]

6-2 6-1 !!!! They should play more on the WTA circuit!
What a great day for GB!

[Jan]

:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:
what a week - better than we could have hoped for really. Well done everyone - 4 players and of course Judy :clap:

[Jane]

Very well done Laura and Heather:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:r

[harriet]

the doubles pair recorded another speedy win, 6 -2, 6-1

[david1610]

And that's a rap!..... by Laura!

[-J-]

And that's a rap!..... by Laura!you drop this C?

[harriet]

what happens tomorrow?

[patmoren]

Absolutely brilliant , an inspired performance, lots of confidence for tomoorow. Big ask but they are certainly motivated.

[patmoren]

what happens tomorrow?
They play Austria who won Group A for promotion to the world group

[Jan]

I'm out tomorrow afternoon. Hope to be back to catch at least part of the action - though no live streaming apparently.
Come on team GB!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cazza99]

They have highlights of the matches on the livestream now

[JAMES4578]

Such a fabulous day for the team, well done everyone!:cheer::cheer::cheer:

[david1610]

And Jamie and Paul 3-0 up in their SF!

[rondun]

And that's a rap!..... by Laura!http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c130/rondun/groan.gif

[SamP]

Ruddy marvellous, what a performance.

[david1610]

darren_cahill Darren Cahill
@judmoo well done Judy. You're making this "Captain" thing look far too easy. Go get em' tomorrow. Good luck.

The tennis coaching greats approve......

Just been a twitter from Stu Fraser saying 10 a.m. tomorrow. Wonder if that is the time of the match and if it is local time? Sounds a bit of an advantage to Austria who played in the morning, but at least they got off court at a reasonable time...

[cazza99]

I missed the rap but they have recorded it.

BritishTennis British Tennis

@piersnewbery @stu_fraser As if there was any doubt! Pleased to report that the rap in its entirety was captured. Mwah ha ha...

[david1610]

First set and then then went a bit off 0-3 now back to 1-3
Time to break back! C'mon guys!

OOps! Should have been on the Jamie thread.

Actually, does anyone have a confirmed time for tomorrow?

[david1610]

http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/group-i/europe-africa/2012.aspx

lists the matches tomorrow and the British one is first. Wonder if that does mean 10:00 there and 08:00 in the UK?

[xenon21]

I missed the rap too so hopefully will catch it on vide when it turns up

Great performance by the GB gals! Really hope we can bring it home!

[david1610]

The matches not involving promotion or demotion have started, so presumably the other ones will be afterwards, in the afternoon. This is very confusing!

[omess]

I missed the rap too so hopefully will catch it on vide when it turns up

Great performance by the GB gals! Really hope we can bring it home!

not the one at the dinner but she did it again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwQWfNjZgnU&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

[patmoren]

I thought the match was 1.30pm" BT on Twitter"

[Jan]

Hope the girls pull out all the stops this afternoon. A hard match, but who knows??
Hope to be back before it's over to join in the cheering.
Come on GB!! :cheer: :cheer: