The Latvia vs Egypt Davis Cup thread
 

Group II Europe/Africa 1st Round

Tie details
Date: 10 Feb - 12 Feb 2012
Venue: El Gezera Sporting Club, Cairo
Start times:
Day 1: 1030 hrs (0830 hrs GMT) tbc
Day 2: 1330 hrs (1130 hrs GMT) tbc
Day 3: 1030 hrs (0830 hrs GMT) tbc
Surface: Clay (Red Clay), Outdoor
Ball: Dunlop Fort All Court

Team Latvia:

Team Egypt:

The deadline for official team nominations is 10 days before the tie begins.

http://www.daviscup.com/en/results/t...ieId=100017680

Re: The Latvia vs Egypt Davis Cup thread
 

It is interesting that at first Egyptian tennis federation decided to choose another venue for this tie

but then it was switched to Cairo.

:shrug: maybe this change has to do with the political instability in the country :unsure:

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Thanks Nadie for the thread!!!! Can't wait to see him play for Latvija with all the other!!! I think he did the right choice to withdraw form Zagreb....he needds to practice on clay...it almost passed one year!!!:p

maybe this change has to do with the political instability in the country ....hope there won't be any problems!!
:wavey:

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Gulbis is playing this for sure?

It was supposedly in Mansoura because Safwat is from there and he wanted so, but everyone was against it because no one was going to go and support the Egyptian team + some security reasons as the courts in Mansoura aren't really suitable for that. They'll play on the same court Henin and Petrova played on :)

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Good luck LATVIA !!!!

:worship:

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:yeah: thanks for your information. I read your reports on tennisalternative from Egypt futures, great stuff :) will you be attending Davis cup matches?

As for Gulbis, Latvian sports media reports his next tournaments will be DC and then USA series

:angel: but this is Ernests, so one cannot be 100% sure :lol:

Re: The Latvia vs Egypt Davis Cup thread
 

Thanks. Yes I'll be attending as long as it's in Cairo.
I had a friend ask him in Doha and he said he's probably coming.
Would love to see him playing live though it will reduce Egypt's chances of a win

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@PedroRFET
Pedro Hernandez
El letón Ernest Gulbis prepara tambíén en BCN junto a Hernan Gumy la Davis ante Egipto y también entrenará con nuestros jugadores

From this twitter we have the confirmation he is going to play in Egypt!!! He is practicing in Barcelona with Gumy!!:)
:wavey:

Re: The Latvia vs Egypt Davis Cup thread
 

Thanks for finding that! :hug:

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Team Egypt:

Mohamed SAFWAT
Date of birth: 19 Sep 1990 Singles ranking: 419
Sherif SABRY
Date of birth: 29 Aug 1986 Singles ranking: 684
Karim-Mohamed MAAMOUN
Date of birth: 09 Apr 1991 Singles ranking: 722
Omar HEDAYET
Date of birth: 21 Sep 1985 Singles ranking: 1314
Team captain Tamer EL SAWY

Team Latvia:

Ernests GULBIS
Date of birth: 30 Aug 1988 Singles ranking: 71
Andis JUSKA
Date of birth: 22 May 1985 Singles ranking: 528
Deniss PAVLOVS
Date of birth: 15 Apr 1983 Singles ranking: 654
Martins PODZUS
Date of birth: 29 Jun 1994 Singles ranking: 1780=
Team captain Girts DZELDE

Re: The Latvia vs Egypt Davis Cup thread
 

Hope that the organizers will secure this event properly, as Egypt doesn't seem to be a very stable country just yet:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ure-1-000.html

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Seems like Ernie should win (or consider retirement if he doesn't :devil:) :yeah::cheerleader:.

Re: The Latvia vs Egypt Davis Cup thread
 

AT least, we have some news that Ernests is still alive and playing tennis... :)

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I watched him today training in the center court. looking good :)

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So happy for you!! And I'm glad there is someone like you who can tell us something......still no news from the net!!
Please, keep us updated these days!!!!!
Did you talk with him??Do you have any pics of all the team??

thanks again:wavey: