# Davis Cup 2012 thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davis-cup-2012-thread/612453>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 10, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davis-cup-2012-thread/612453 "2012-02-10T20:14:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davis-cup-2012-thread/612453/1 "2012-02-10T20:14:13Z")

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John Isner just beat Federer and the US is up 2-0 against Switzerland.

On clay.

[Interesting.](http://www.tennis.com/articles/templates/news.aspx?articleid=16351&zoneid=25)

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**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davis-cup-2012-thread/612453/2 "2012-02-10T20:37:46Z")

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Cool!

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davis-cup-2012-thread/612453/3 "2012-02-11T20:34:24Z")

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Now, Mike Bryan and Mardy Fish just beat Federer and Wawrinka in the doubles match. Yep, minus one Bryan brother, they beat the 2008 Olympic gold medalists.

And the US moves on easily. Well, capably and surprsingly, anyway.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davis-cup-2012-thread/612453/4 "2012-02-13T17:00:12Z")

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[We need to have a caption contest for the picture at this story.](http://blogs.tennis.com/tennisworld/2012/02/d-c.html)

Mine:

“Oh, Captain, my Captain! Kiss me, you fool!”