克羅埃西亞第二天在雙打驚天大逆轉 順利打進下一輪 Mario Ancic/Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) d. Julian Knowle/Alexander Peya (AUT) 36 36 64 64 86 ※ 引述《erickin (童話...約定...)》之銘言： : 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... --

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