Posted on 11/05/2013 3:12:20 PM PST by the scotsman
'Great Britain's Davis Cup World Group tie with the United States will be played in San Diego on a clay court.
Petco Park - the home of baseball's San Diego Padres - has been selected to host the tie which takes place between 31 January and 2 February 2014.
It is the first Davis Cup tie in an open-air US baseball stadium, and the first US home tie on clay since 1992.
"Our squad is ready to go up against a tough adversary in the British squad," said US Davis Cup captain Jim Courier.
Britain returned to the tennis elite after an Andy Murray-inspired win over Croatia in September.'
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I was just remembering nearly 50 years ago I used a Wilson “Davis Cup” racket when I was first learning to play tennis. It was not even my own racket.
My next one was a Maureen Connolly women’s racket. It just seemed to fit.
Same here. Kept it in a wooden press to keep it from warping.
Then got a Wilson T-2000 steel raquet. Really state-of-the-art
in 1971, at least for me.
Yes, I bought a Jack Kramer just because all the good players had one. I also had one of the steel rackets but neither one seemed to fit me.
The first one I had which felt really well in my hands was a Yonex. I can’t remember the model. Then a whole series of of the oversize ones made from exotic materials. Some really good players kept using the old Jack Kramer but the oversize really helped me.
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