10/2/08 8:20 AM | Johan Lindahl
Argentina will tempt fate in next month's Davis Cup final against Spain, changing everything in hopes of getting the edge of Rafael Nadal.
The South Americans will abandon their favoured clay and will move to a venue in the provincial city of Cordoba, using the indoor Orfeo Stadium instead of the traditional clay of Buenos Aires.
Fast hardcourt is just fine by Argentine No. 7 David Nalbandian, who won Masters titles at both Madrid and Paris Bercy last autumn indoors.
The tie will be the first final in the history of Argentina to be played at home after away losses against the US in 1981s and Russia in 2006.
Nalbandian will be pleased with the selection of Cordoba, his hometown. But the 9,000-seat stadium will have to be upgraded with 3,000 more seats added to meet ITF specifications.
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Vamos espanol! 8-)
tenstar , 10/4/08 4:47 AM
Vamos has gotta be my most hated word. My most hated sentence is " good weather for it".
GO ARGENTINA!!!
kaitepai , 10/4/08 5:09 AM
Vamos CBS!!!
tenstar , 10/4/08 5:25 AM
Vamos Rafa, you're the best, show them all who's the king, all the best for Spanish guys, cheers from Novak's fans...
gordana , 10/4/08 10:00 AM
Vamos my muthaflipping ass. Yeah boo yah
kaitepai , 10/4/08 11:11 AM
kaitepai, what a nice language, most probably you're very well educated, free advice, go and check your health, definitely you need medical care, go and live your miserable life, such a irony, people like you make comments about celebrities, fortunately, that's the only way for you to express your sick behaviour.
gordana , 10/4/08 11:31 AM
ironic, i work in medical, care,... anyways, sorry, didnt mean, 2 offend u, it was aimed, at tensta, and i was, taking ,the ,micky.
kaitepai , 10/4/08 11:43 AM
CBS, now did we just have an intense emailing session or what?!?!?! :) Beats looking for a new kitchen! :)
Gordana, calm down, kait was just joking, I was taking the micky too. All in good fun.
Ok, just noticed the punc cbs, behave yourself you nutter! I need a glass of red, Been laughing too hard!
tenstar , 10/4/08 11:57 AM
Well when one sees an oppertunity... hmm mm, haha yes, bf and bro are both playing tennis on the ps2 and im kinda bored. woah saturday night action for me! I cud do with a glass of white... but i dont think i cud do the whole bottle myself. man i wanna change my name on here to CBS. Ooo maybe in our blog I cud, thatd be mean. did u see del potty beat gasquet!! wahoo way 2 down the backwards cap!
was it u who said wuthering heights was easy?? maybe that was sstay. I assure you, non readers wud not say that was easy!! altho heathcliff is one of my fav charcters ever, amazing work.
kaitepai , 10/4/08 12:03 PM
Oh changing your name to cbs - that'd be so cool. Would surely make ed's day! Why aren't you watching bf and bro? Don't you usually? Hhmm, if I'm at home and not having to drive, yeah could do a bottle if some were going into the cooking. Oooff, my backward cappy lost. Hard one, like potty too. Hmm sounds like potato, bugger. def need more red.
no not me, so uneducated i'd never that about wut heights. oh heathcliff, that's who heath ledger was named after, according to his parents after his passing.
tenstar , 10/4/08 12:11 PM
really!! another reason 2 love heath!
u like gasquet?? thats interesting. I have no yet made my mind up about Del Potty but I am going for him for now. Weird A Rod lost to Berdych. Berdych never pulls upsets. Close scoreline tho looks like cuda bin anyones match.
They are playing tennis on the playsation. im not that keen! haha. its like 11pm over here. I have adjusted the air con to 30 degrees. basking in my own little thailand. boys just told me they are sweating but both 2 lazy 2 go turn it down. hehe.
Ed will love it and I will do it as soon as I ge the go ahead from the other 2. Hehe wud love 2 make profiles up... except we cud do each others, far more amusing.
kaitepai , 10/4/08 12:15 PM
Yeah really.
Erm, not actually like backward cappy, just don't dislike him - if that makes any sense. There were lots of mention about Berdych's upset of Fed at Athens Olym so yeah, he has caused upsets, and that's not the only one, but can't remember others now. The red hasn't kicked in.
I'm all for the profile creations - could get out of hand with the 4 of us going crazy tho - not that we're ever normal!
tenstar , 10/4/08 12:20 PM
had a quick look at site, but am still waiting to get the go ahead from sstay. its kinda tricky cos im kinda web inept. but if we did wanna do each others profiles i think it wud be possiblew, wud just mean giving away our passwords for a day or so. looks like we cud all be moderators etc and write whatever. mite just take a bit of working out. neway, sstay might have a better idea.
did the red wine kick in eventually? tiredness kicked in for me and i went to bed ... 2 be followed by the bf 1.5hrs later. he played playstation tennis till 1.30am! from about 5pm! i know we all try and defy gender stereotypes but lets face it, some are just built in.
thats true that berdych has causes upsets, but he tends 2 of come to a bit of a standstill recently. beating pple he shud, not beating neone in order 2 get better. kinda think i want him 2 beat del potty. im not sure. like them both equally. as in both 5/10.
appreciated del potty saying he was lucky. refreshing.
kaitepai , 10/5/08 3:16 AM
Hello hello! I went out to dinner after that - you must be about 4-5 hours ahead of me, guess you must be slightly ahead of the eastern states. I must have gone out to dinner when you went to bed.
So, sstay hasn't replied to you yet. The poor thing is so busy with landscapist, proofs and changing skirt sizes :) I'm supposed to be doing work too, must do some today. ABF taking my car to go fix the boat so I can't go out which is good. Just have to be disciplined and not stay too long on here.
I like Berdych a lot, just think he's really nice but yeah he rose up the ranks at a reasonable rate (suppased by Nole) that stoodstill. Pity.
Wonder if ed appeased the fbf after not getting his market food for him because of us two!!! Whoopsy.
tenstar , 10/5/08 3:33 AM
Got lucky. Went out for the bread and the horsemeat man was still there so the weekend was saved. Landscaping the garden! That's a goodie. How can you go OUT and buy the wrong size? Didn't she try it on? I have a special wardrobe for the clothes I've bought on the net that don't fit/don't suit me but which I never got round to sending back. All that repacking and going to the post office is such a bore.
The Tokyo WTA final is on. Kanepi is wearing the most gruesome sunglasses - deeply unflattering! Next up Potty and Birdy.
ed251137 , 10/5/08 5:58 AM
that was pretty much expected..they werent going to take a risk with nadal around.
janhavi , 10/6/08 10:22 AM
Did you know that... James Blake dropped out of Harvard University after his sophomore year to pursue a career in professional tennis.
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Yeah that seems like a relatively obvious tactic...
kaitepai , 10/4/08 12:49 AM