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> is: Brad Gilbert, Jimmy Arias, Aaron Krickstein, Ken Flach and 
> Robert Segeuso.  I think it is a good choice, but the only question
> I have is why they didn't pick Eliot Teltscher (maybe he declined?)?

I would also  think that Johan Kriek and Kevin Curren ought to
be considered for any fast-surface match. 
Kriek is probably a better choice then Krickstein at this
point (even for slow clay), except for he would not serve as
a backup man, I guess.
Gilbert has really picked up the pace lately: does anyone know
if he changed his game in some way? When I was him a year ago
in Chicago he was still playing with a wooden conventional frame 
and was kinda "falling away" from his backhand.

I don't even know who Paraguay's first man is (Pecci?)

In any case US squad must make a miracle to lose this one.
-- 
Mike Cherepov

> > is: Brad Gilbert, Jimmy Arias, Aaron Krickstein, Ken Flach and 
> > Robert Segeuso.  I think it is a good choice, but the only question
> > I have is why they didn't pick Eliot Teltscher (maybe he declined?)?
> 
> I would also  think that Johan Kriek and Kevin Curren ought to
> be considered for any fast-surface match. 

> Mike Cherepov

Waaaait.  Did I miss something here?  Kriek is still a 
South African citizen, isn't he?  or did he renounce it as
Curren did, just to "avoid the political hassles"?

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> > is: Brad Gilbert, Jimmy Arias, Aaron Krickstein, Ken Flach and 
> > Robert Segeuso.  I think it is a good choice, but the only question
> > I have is why they didn't pick Eliot Teltscher (maybe he declined?)?
> 
> I would also  think that Johan Kriek and Kevin Curren ought to
> be considered for any fast-surface match. 
> Kriek is probably a better choice then Krickstein at this
> point (even for slow clay), except for he would not serve as
> a backup man, I guess.

This topic again?  I thought we hashed this all out last time when
the US lost to West Germany.  I guess it is a case of the USTA saying
that even though Kriek is ranked higher, they would rather play
someone who has paid his dues to the USTA (i.e. playing junior
tournaments, etc...).  Kriek being a foriegn player didn't come
over to this country until it became obvious that his South African
citizanship was a liability.  I would like to applaud the USTA for
not falling into the "win at any cost" mentality by picking someone
who really doesn't deserve to be on the US Davis Cup team.

> Gilbert has really picked up the pace lately: does anyone know
> if he changed his game in some way? When I was him a year ago
> in Chicago he was still playing with a wooden conventional frame 
> and was kinda "falling away" from his backhand.

What?!  "When I was him a year ago..."?  This IS interesting news,
mike!  I am quite impressed.  So you used to be a nationally ranked
junior.  Seriously, he has been practicing with Ivan Lendl recently,
and I think it is a case of Gilbert finally realizing "what has he
(Lendl) got that I haven't got?".  The mental aspect of the game is
probably the most important when you are at/near the top.  Gilbert
just needed to believe in himself a little more.  A win over McEnroe
will do that for you...

> I don't even know who Paraguay's first man is (Pecci?)

Huh?  What has Paraguay got to do with this?  Yes, Pecci is
still #1, and Francisco Gonzales (bought for just such an
occasion as the Davis Cup) is #2.  They're a pretty good team.
They beat France in Anescusion last year.

> In any case US squad must make a miracle to lose this one.

Isn't that about the same thing said about the tie vs. West
Germany last year?

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> > 
> > I would also  think that Johan Kriek and Kevin Curren ought to
> > be considered for any fast-surface match. 
> 
> Waaaait.  Did I miss something here?  Kriek is still a 
> South African citizen, isn't he?  or did he renounce it as
> Curren did, just to "avoid the political hassles"?
> 
If I am correct he renounced even any sentimental attachment to 
South Africa. Curren says that he still feels like a South
African, while disliking apartheid. Kriek has an american wife
and lives in Florida, I believe; Curren  somewhere in Texas.

Neither played for SA in DC, so they are technically eligible.
		
-- 
Mike Cherepov

--
"when I was Gilbert"  might have been wishful thinking to some
extent; I, in fact, never was him. I think ...

He did change his racquet, by the way, and now plays WB210 or WB215 - 
a new 10-angled baby devised by Warren Bosworth and marketed by
Fox. 

When I was Borg, we did not have any of those. <- KIDDING.
-- 
Mike Cherepov