※ [本文轉錄自 Srichaphan 看板]
作者: erickin (ERIC) 看板: Srichaphan
標題: [轉錄][THA v CZE] Thailand Face Tough Task
時間: Fri Sep 19 12:57:51 2003
※ [本文轉錄自 Tennis 看板]
作者: esnique (小鱷) 看板: Tennis
標題: Thailand Face Tough Task
時間: Fri Sep 19 09:40:07 2003
Thailand Face Tough Task
http://www.daviscup.org/news/newsarticle.asp?id=12472
Danai Udomchoke長得不錯啊:P
Although Thailand will start as underdogs against the Czech Republic
as they bid to join the World Group for the first time, the support
from a packed house of Thai fans could lift the home side, according
to Thailand's Danai Udomchoke, who has the daunting task of playing
the opening rubber against Czech No. 1 Jiri Novak on Friday.
"The first match is okay for me," said Danai. "Of course it's a tough
match, because he's ranked 12 and I'm 190, but I have nothing to lose
so I can play my best tennis. I heard that the tickets are sold out,
so I hope the Thai fans will support me."
Because he is doing double-duty, partnering David Rikl in doubles as
well as playing the number one singles, Novak is happy to be playing
the first match of the tie.
"I'm happy to be starting with the first match because I will have much
more rest before the doubles," said Novak. "I'm the favourite for the
match against Danai, but he has nothing to lose and he'll have support
from his home crowd and I'm expecting a tough match. But I don't care
if I win in three sets or five sets. I'll just be very happy if I win
and make the first point for my country.
"Then, Paradorn is a great character who I know very well from playing
the tournaments, and it could be a very important match against him on
Sunday. We'll see what happens."
While Udomchoke plays as the number two singles player, no less than
three fifths of the Thai team is composed of the Srichaphan family,
surely a unique situation. Paradorn plays as the number one singles
player, and father Chanachai captains the team.
Paradorn faces Bohdan Ulihrach in the second match of the opening day.
Ranked 139, Ulihrach is favoured above 109th ranked Tomas Berdych by
Czech captain Cyril Suk.
"They are both the same quality, both very good, and Berdych is an
upcoming star. But Bohdan has played quite a few times in the Davis Cup
so I've chosen him for his experience," Suk explained.
A hero in his homeland, Paradorn knows he has a massive burden on his
shoulders as the only truly world-class player on the Thai team. But he
is putting a brave face on it.
"It's always going to be tough, and this is only our second time trying
to qualifying for the World Group," he said. "The Czech team is very
strong, but it's not like I'm playing the team. It's my team playing
the team. There's a chance to win, especially with the fans behind us.
It's 50/50. We expect to play well and not expect to win, and then we
see what happens."
Novak agrees that, in Davis Cup, it is always wise to expect the
unexpected, and he is certainly not taking victory for granted.
"Maybe we have much more experience, but in the Davis Cup you never
know what is going to happen. It's a team competition and everything
is open. They have nothing to lose. We are favourites, but we're
expecting a tough match," he cautioned.
After the opening day, Narathorn Srichaphan and Attapol Rithiwattanpong,
both with a doubles ranking of 1670, will face 75th ranked Novak and
14th ranked Rikl in Saturday's doubles. On Sunday, Paradorn Srichaphan
takes on Novak in the first of the reverse singles, with Udomchoke
playing Ulihrach in the closing match.
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