tennis.com: Younger McEnroe gets best to play for Davis Cup
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February 2nd, 2008 01:26 am
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John McEnroe’s brief tenure as U.S. Davis Cup captain was marked by frequent laments about how tough it was to get Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi to play for his team.
McEnroe’s successor as captain, his younger brother Patrick, has no such trouble getting the current crop of top Americans to participate - which probably is why he finally won a championship. And when the United States opens defense of its first Davis Cup title since 1995 next month, he’ll once more be able to rely on Andy Roddick, James Blake and twins Bob and Mike Bryan.
“I’ve been extremely lucky. We’ve got a group of guys that love to play for their country, that love supporting each other, and that have answered the call every single time I’ve asked them,'’ McEnroe said Wednesday in a conference call. “That’s pretty amazing, considering the world we live in. I certainly understand the players that do skip matches here and there.'’
The Feb. 8-10 series at Austria will mark the record ninth consecutive time that Roddick, Blake and the Bryans comprise the U.S. team.
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