Davis Cup Tennis.

[Sipowicz]

If anyone's interested, the rain has stopped and the match has started. BBC2.
Italy v GB.

[Bazile]

Does this competition really mean much to anyone ?

I would have thought that the real of prestige of tennis , lies in the individual one man/woman game

[Brenden]

I love it will also be watching Switzerland v Kazakhstan this evening.

[heathfield]

Thanks for the warning! :-)

[Brenden]

Well, that is us out of the Davis cup - well done Italy your team played superbly and deserved to win.

[jim360]

Don't write James Ward off yet! He's proved surprisingly effective at the Davis Cup... that said it's probably Italy's tie now.

[jim360]

Oh well, so much for hope. Well-player Fognini and Seppi.

[Butterbun]

I feel sorry for Andy. To be the only one your team can rely on, or have to rely on, to win 2 singles matches must be like a millstone around the neck. What's happened to the standard of tennis in Britain? To think we have the most prestigious grand slam event and can only produce one great player while a little country like Serbia can produce a few. They have to start looking for talented players in the schools and coaching them properly. Well done to James Ward, he tried his best but he was never going to beat Seppi.