Davis Cup Finals: Surface Mishaps
The tennis world has applauded Great Britain making it through to their first Davis cup final since 1978, with the opportunity to be crowned champions for the first time since 1936! Great Britain go in as favourites against Belgium with Andy Murray being the difference maker, while Belgium have chosen indoor clay as the surface of choice, rather unsurprisingly. This intrigues me as the Davis cup final is littered with examples of a home nation choosing a surface to negate the opposition but backfiring spectacularly, let us look at some recent scenarios. 1995 Russia v USA 1995 was the year of the super squad, with the Americans boasting the two top players in the world who traded the number 1 position all year. Legend has it that at the start of 1995, Agassi and Sampras told Captain Tom Gullickson one would only play if the other was playing! For back up, the Americans boasted Jim Courier, Michael Chang, Todd Martin and doubles specialists in Rich...