Davis Cup 2009 Schedule

[SlicerITST]

With the upcoming Davis Cup semifinal in real life i thought it would be a good idea to start up the ITST Davis Cup. The schedule of this tournament will be a bit different then the past years.

Type: Knockout tournament
Drawsize: 8 or 16
Minimum size of teams: 2
Begindate: 18/09/2009
Enddate: 07/10 (8 draw), 18/10 (16 draw)

Past years the Davis Cup was plagued with delays. We hope that this year things will be different. To achieve this there will be fixed deadlines for each round in a rubber. These deadlines will not be extended at all(!). The other main thing is that the Davis Cup is now accessible for 2 players. So if one player doesnt play Top Spin anymore there is more chance that another player can fill in.

Rubber setup

A team can consist of a minimum of 2 players now because the third match will be a SIM match. Either of these 2 players can play the SIM match. Of course you can also select more players for your team (up to 5) and let these players play any match you want. Only restriction is that if a player has already played match 1 he cannot play match 2 (same goes for match 4 and 5) and vice versa.

Continental teams and other exceptions

Continental teams can be signed up for this Davis Cup just as last year. Any players in this team must not be available for any other team though. So any player from USA or France for example can never play for their respective continental teams.

If demand is high and people dont mind we could think of adding multiple teams for the big nations to also give the players that are not that good yet a chance to play. We can use this thread to discuss this option. This rule has been implemented in the past. There we had an addition to this rule saying that players are not interchangable between the 2 country teams for the entire Davis Cup. As that was a succes i would like to do that this year as well.

Davis Cup Schedule

To conclude this post a schedule for this years Davis Cup. This is a proposed schedule which is open for changes. This first week is a free week on the ATP so we can have shorter deadlines there:

Quarterfinal
Rubber 1 29/09 - 03/10
Rubber 2 29/09 - 03/10
SIM Rubber 29/09 - 03/10 *
Rubber 4 04/10 - 08/10
Rubber 5 04/10 - 08/10

* Two days extension for a SIM match if one of the players is also playing one of the first regular matches.

[SlicerITST]

A double post just to make this clear: The second teams for larger nations and the schedule is open for debate in this thread until the beginning of the Davis Cup.

[swifty512]

OK im up for team GB!!!

[GOA MASTER MDMA]

i hope the daviscup will played traditionell with the regular 90-40 setup??. and not with simsetup!!
is that correct?

[SlicerITST]

Four traditional matches and 1 SIM match. The SIM match replaces the traditional doubles match.

[Baghdad Baghdatis]

Can i enter for the GB team or is it already sorted out?

cheers

[Sherlock 117]

I agree that allowing 2 national teams and having the schedule the way you set it up is a good idea (firm deadlines are the key). I think it might be better to add 1 or 2 days though for each deadline though. That way not only would players not feel too much time pressure (about 5 days per match) but the Davis Cup would end more in November which would be perfect.

[GOA MASTER MDMA]

when start the daviscup ?

[Q. Reese]

when start the daviscup ?

The dates are posted above by SlicerITST (the first post to the thread).

[GOA MASTER MDMA]

i´m not asking you QUYLOON REESE-
or you see the name quyloon reese in my message??

[Sherlock 117]

Then who are you asking in your message, because I see no name in your message...

[GOA MASTER MDMA]

every other member is welcome to answer . QUYLOON REESE know exactly that i will no answer from him .
esspecially after the last 2 days .and he know why.

[SlicerITST]

Can i enter for the GB team or is it already sorted out?

cheers

Contact the team captain Vieira151 and ask him if you can join the team. I dont think the team is maxed out yet.

[Vieira151]

Can i enter for the GB team or is it already sorted out?

cheers

Yes, you can enter and play instead of me

[GOA MASTER MDMA]

when we can start the DAVIS CUP final ??
because i make for 2 month hollidays in GOA/INDIA

so we must start and play the final soon !!!