USA Will Have to Wait Another Year

It was going to be an exciting Davis Cup weekend in Los Angeles as the USA was set with their "dream team" to trounce the Croatians, even though the 2 top Croatian players have been playing their best tennis in the last few weeks. The US finally solved the "Saturday weakness" they've had for many years (due to the absence of a quality doubles duo). The Bryan Bros. are the best thing that's happened to US Davis Cup with their incredible 5-0 record going into the weekend. With the addition of Andre & Andy - what could possibly go wrong? Everything.

The Home Depot Center in Carson, CA) was rocking when Andre came out to start the tie against Ivan Ljubicic. But Andre looked nervous, a little slow and just couldn't handle Ljubicic's kick serve. And when Andre looked like he was going to take the 2nd set easily, he made some unusual forehand errors and never really recovered from it. Everyone has less than stellar days on the court sometimes, but that's why Captain McEnroe worked so hard to get Andre to come and play - because in a big setting players like Andre usually shine. (read on)