Re: DC 2008 Final - Argentina picks Cordoba Indoor Arena

On Sep 30, 3:39 pm, TT <g...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
TT wrote:
It will be the first time Argentina has not hosted a Davis Cup tie at
the 14,000 seater Parque Roca stadium, and the International Tennis
Federation (ITF) will insist that the new venue be adapted to hold at
least 12,000.

This of course because they're afraid of Rafa!


Duh. They'd be suicidal to host Nadal on clay. I think the only nation
that has hosted Spain on clay in the past few years is Italy, because
the advantage they gained by putting the spaniards outside clay is
nullified by how completely hopeless their own players where. If you
have competent HC players, why would you want to put Spain on clay?
.

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