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I found an article about France looking up to Russia: http://www.fft.fr/coupe-davis/2007/russie-france/?id=2673
It's in French but I translated it..Hope it's ok!
The President of the French Federation of Tennis measures the difficulty of the task which awaits the team from France in Moscow vis-a-vis in Russia. He estimates nevertheless that the Blue ones (blue ones are the French) donot have a complex to nourish.
President, Russia is holding of the title out of Davis Cut. Ithas a tank impressing players of very high level. Is this, accordingto you, the best team in the world currently?
The Russian team is with the image even of Russia, a nation of great sporting and richtradition of important human resources. Its captain, Shamil Tarpischevcan thus count on many players of very great class. Nikolay Davydenko,Marat Safin and Mikhail Youzhny appear among the best of the world andas for Dimtry Tursunov, however classified in the neighbourhoods ofthe twentieth world place, it was not even retained. Obviously, fewnations, except perhaps Spain with Nadal, Robredo, Ferrero or Toshoe, have at their disposal as many players of great quality, intosimple as in double. The results are eloquent besides: Russia hasgained by twice the Davis Cut and is unconquered in residence fornow eleven years!
France finds Russia in quarterfinals for the third time in threeyears. After having undergone two failures these two last years, doesthe team of France have this time the means according to you ofbeating this frightening team? And how will it have there to becaught?
Nobody is not unaware of the difficulty which awaits the teamof France, but each time that it was opposed to a nation announcedlike largely favorite, it found in this unfavourable context anadditional motivation. I thus believe that the team of France has themeans of opposing this Russian formation, even on the Muscovite beatenground. For that, each one of our players will have to approach thisquarterfinal in full possession of its means. Richard Gasquet iscompletely able to carry out several exploits at the time of thismeeting, because it plays brilliantly on beaten ground. As forPaul-Henri Mathieu, his rise to power these last weeks allied with itsnatural talent, can encourage us with optimism. Lastly, once again,the point of the double will be capital for our team. But to claim tobeat Russia in residence, it will obviously be necessary to manage totranscend itself.
Guy Forget privileged the experiment to compose his team. It seemsthat the selection was difficult to make the level of the Frenchtennismen so much is homogeneous...
To date, twelve of ourrepresentatives appear among the hundred best players of the world. Itis an overall performance of which the federation can be enorgueillir.This density must make it possible to the captain to train a powerfulteam, whatever the adversaries, indicated surface or the state of formof the applicants to the selection. A situation that did not alwaysknow its predecessors who had at the time good less possibilities. Infact, the choice was simpler... But we surely will not feel sorry forwe of the current situation because it is the fruit of a work and apolicy. France is a great nation of the sport and tennis inparticular. Consequently, we must maintain our row by fixing us of theobjectives. The team of France must from now on approach each editionwith the ambition to reconquer a new Davis Cut as soon aspossible.
Here another article, actually it's a sort of blog, but here it is: http://www.sports.ru/section.html?docid=560165
This is in Russian, but I translated this aswell. Now don't think I'm a nerd who speaks every language, but you can translated these things on a certain website.
To the battle! The trainer men's team Russia on tennis Aleksandrvolkov renews his blog to the "sport today" by story about thepreparation of our command for the chetvert'final'nomu match ofDavis's goblet against team France. Large regards to all amateurs oftennis. It is glad to again tell you about the preparation of ourcommand for Davis's goblet. To regret, during the match with theChileans there was such possibility not. Themselves you understand,game was extremely heavy, and for me it was necessary completely to beconcentrated on the work, it remained not the minute of free time. Iwill try to now a little compensate my "vow of silence" and beforedescribing about the preparation for the match with the Frenchmen, Iwill return for a month and a half back.
We were actually not favorites in that match - and in this, probablyentire charm of Davis's goblet. The champion of past year already inthe first opposition can accumulate authorities, if above heads doesnot jump. But not only this became the guarantee of our victory abovethe Chileans. Status of favorites played with latinoamerikantsami eviljoke. All were assured that at home under the leadership thatmagnificently begun season Gonzalez's Fernando the Chileans simplywill sweep us from the way. They even undercoat selected with thesight to the fact that in the following round itself with theFrenchmen had play. But, as is evident, burnt out these hot Chileanchildren. As soon as something was not obtained, they began to benervous, to fuss. We, on the contrary, were absolutely calm. Fromchildren no one required victory, task was one - play well, by itsforce. I count, the psychological aspect of match became decisive.
Many think that now, before chetvert'finalom with the Frenchmen,already to us is prepared the role of the favorites: we play houses,we know rival well, last years we beat all his regularly, strongestplayers of our composite arrived. But pover'te, no one intends tounderestimate Frenchmen. The overall mood in the command such - therewill be the heaviest match, battle, and it is good, if we win it withcalculation 3:2. Why 4 so I count, in more detail I will explain in myfollowing post, when I will tell about the rivals. I today want morethan attention to give to our children.
In "luzhnikakh" we are trained already several days. Composition ofour command to the forthcoming match of such: Marat Safin, Nikolaidavydenko, Igor Andreev, Mikhail yuzhnyy. As the spare are declaredYevgeny Korolev and Dmitriy tursunov. But Mitya play not will be. Itas before suffers with the injury of wrist, although it vomited toarrive in order to morally support command. This, by the way, to theconversation about that which someone allegedly greatly does not wantto speak in favor of composite. After Nikolai davydenko and Mishasouthern they asked not to cause to the match with the Chileans, whatto only hear them it did not be necessary: and Davydenko to somethingit offended, and southern so not somehow otblagodarili after lastyear's finale. All this - complete nonsense. Very complex season is inprospect for children, Cole it is necessary to prove the nonrandomnessof its third place in rating ATP on the sums of past year, and Tomishe in this rating itself to rise, after it passed half of pastseason because of the injury. Children not iron and therefore askedShamilya Of anvyarovicha to one match not to cause them into thecomposite. And our captain without questions went towards, because heknew, by whom and as to replace them. And the fact that now in thecommand all strongest and not whom of them, except Tursunova mentionedalready, does not have injuries, in many respects is predeterminedthus by the solution Of tarpishcheva.
The first task after all children were gathered in Moscow, it was asfast as possible to acclimatize them to the soil, on which will passthe match. Since all last tournaments were played on kharde, thisseemed by complex task, but it is already practically solved. ForSafina the passage from kharda completely proved to be long-awaited -Marat does not already greatly love a series of spring tournaments inthe states on this coating. For some reason there it please themselvesneither weather nor Kort nor rivals. To Miami already in the firstcircle it was necessary to play with the inconvenient SpaniardFelisiano to Lopez. And Marat again lost to it, already fourth time.Well, nothing, he will be recycled on this defeat: it rested, thatbecome cooler arrived into the composite and as before much jokes.
But here guess, who more than all now does lay out herself on thetrainings? Splitting Davydenko. This again to a question about themotivation with the appearances for the composite. It vomits andthrows simply. And now it to us considerably greater is necessary,than in the same match with Chile. Splitting especially it knows howwell to play in the halls and, if health does not bring (tot'fu-t'fu-t'fu), greatly us it will help.
In Mishi south outstanding chance to play - especially the pair,which, as in the final match with Argentina, in my opinion, it will beonly whether not the decisive match. Now a little it returned afterseveral very successful tournaments Of misha. 4 with it he talked andunderstood that by reason to this there was the commonplace fatigue,it was trace by which now already barely evidently. It is confident -,also, with the Frenchmen, and it is later, in the stage, southern usyet repeatedly will strongly gladden.
Well and in conclusion - about our hero Igor Andreev. A little eviljoke, of course, they played with the fellow these magical victoriesabove Gonzalez and Massa. From one side, added the confidences, withanother - they improbably depleted both psychologically andphysically. For long it could not arrive into itself, and failure atthe last tournaments to that by confirmation. But Igor is very strongby spirit, nerves in it - give God. Now already completely it wererestored, and, takeing into account its special love for the soil, inno way I will astonish, if precisely Igor again becomes the main heroof our composite in the match with the Frenchmen.
I found another article on a forum. But this was hard for the website I have to translate, that's probably a reason for the many errors! http://www.kp.ru/daily/23880/65459/ Some of the sentences are a scription for a picture. The pics are below, which belong to this article.
Tarpishchev - southern (to the left): - you today I will learn to beatwithout the racket along the ball!
True, into the past output area thus far only led to the mind,attempting to give to brutal'noy hockey arena tennis gloss. Among thisseething building our tennis-players, who arrived in Moscow in goodtime, actively were trained. Were trained only once a day, but withthe complete return. Marat Safin did not stint on his sparring-partner of Artur Chernov. However, 18- summer Artur, in the worldrating the only 1245- e place, the moshchneyshiye impacts of Maratrepulsed confidently. They speak, from properly being opened thistalented fellow prevent only injuries. Not randomly the captain teamRussia Shamil' Of tarpishchev drew Artur to the work with our mainstars.
Marat - to dad: - in the commands of different we, otherwise you wouldsupply with transfer... Safin- elder - to son: - it did guess on your face - was readypass to return to father?
Next day on Kort soloed southern, best, by the way, our tennis-playeraccording to the results of present season. Helped Mikhail Igorkunitsyn, all the same Chernov and trainer of team Aleksandr volkov.The latter so recklessly peeled on the ball, that Tarpishchev, lookingat its 40- summer assistant, with satisfaction khmyknul: "it is Volkovto Davis's goblet it is ready!"
In contrast to Safina, which appeared the day before too gloomy, insouth comrades the mood was excellent. Remembering about the fact thatthe training fell out to the first of April, Mishu they attempted todumbfound: "one yellow newspaper wrote that you did an operation onthe change of floor!" "article inattentively you read! - with thesmile it was Mikhail. - it is there written, that the operation onlyis planned and it will be made after victory in Davis's goblet ".
To the football Marat rolled on elegant sport "Moers". Under thecowling of this machine is hidden not less than 300 "horses", thathelp Safinu not to be late to the trainings.
In the pauses between the drawings the tennis-players activelydiscussed the passed the day before football matches of thechampionship of Russia. "classics! - vozbuzhdenno shared hisimpressions about the game OF THE TSSKA (CENTRAL SPORTS CLUB OF THEARMY) - "locomotive" the southern, large worshipper of line soldiers.- they immediately drove in, and under the curtain one more in orderto finish game quietly ".
Conversations about the football were, as it was explained, they werenot by chance. After training all left to chase ball for adjacent withthe small arena football field. For this case on the luxurious sport"Mercedes- sleeping compartment" by the cost not less than $150 000rolled Safin, although it should it was be trained during this day.
Tennis get-together was divided by two commands, which conditionallyit was possible to name "young" and "old men". In the first soloedsouthern, Andreev and Safin, the secondly shone Tarpishchev, wasVolkov, Leonyuk, and also the father of Marat Mikhail safin. Thecerebral center of "old men" was Tarpishchev, with dagger transferscut the defense of "young". Those answered speed and "physics", butdue to vysochennogo Safina, which worked out on the "second floor" notworse than its friend Of bulykina (into the good him, it goes withoutsaying, years), the "growing up generation" it confidently re-playedelder comrades in air. As a result they conquered "young and zealous",moreover with the completely tennis calculation - 6:4.
