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World Group play-off: Israel at Japan (September 14-16, 2012)

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#1 ·
Venue: Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan (Hard court)

Teams
Japan:
Kei Nishkori(#16)
Go Soeda (#53)
Tatsuma Ito (#67)
Yuichi Sugita (#141)
Captain: Toshiro Sakai

Israel:
Dudi Sela(#98)
Amir weintraub (#223)
Jonathan Erlich (doubles #52)
Andy Ram (doubles #53)
Captain: Eyal Ran

OOP:
Go Soeda vs. Dudi Sela (13:00 Local time)
Kei Nishkori vs. Amir Weintraub

Ito/Sugita vs. Erlich/Ram (13:00 Local time)

Kei Nishkori vs. Dudi Sela (13:00 Local time)
Go Soeda vs. Amir Weintraub
 

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#5 ·
Sela didnt play his best and he could win it.. (he had 3-0 head to head against his opponent)
Weintraub showed great charcter .. he played well and deserve that match (he won a match aginst a top 100 player after 8 straight loses)
till now the underdogs won the matches hope tommorow wont be the same
 
#22 ·
Wow, what an amazing win! I couldn't believe my eyes!
Did it ever happen that a player ranked as low as Weintraub won two live rubbers in a world group playoff?
i think this is Israel's most surprising davis cup win ever. More than Chile 2006 and Russia 2009. Those were at home, with Israeli players in good form and one of the best doubles teams in the world. This one was an away tie, against a much better team on paper, with all of Israel's players in bad form in the circuit and Japan's tennis having its best year.
I'm still in shock we won this, Israel is such a davis cup over-achiever. The greatest team Israel has ever had in any sport.
 
#26 ·
Not really an excuse, it's pretty much the situation with all the players ranked around where he is. Still some break out while others don't.
This year in particular he is being practically endorsed by Shlomo Tzoref (non-Israelis may not know him, but he is a top veteran tennis coach in Israel), he has a clothing sponsor and an equipment sponsor, he plays WTT and gets payment and coach/medical package when he's there. In addition to that, the amount of future tournaments in Israel has grown considerably (12 this year, 15 next year) so he has more opportunities to play relatively easy tournaments at home, get some easy ranking points and save on expenses.

Now, what's left is to win games on the tour. Like I said, there are many lacks in his game, and at age 26 bad habits are harder to shake than at age 16. I hope for the best for him, he is now a Davis Cup hero with amazing accomplishments now. But please - now win games on the tour instead of whining...
 
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