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2004 Davis Cup Tennis Odds
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February 3, 2004
The first round of the
Davis Cup kicks off on Feb. 6-8, which means it's time for another
round of Tennis-X yearly predictions. Noticeably
missing from this year's party are Germany, Great Britain and Brazil,
all banished to minor league play for the year after failing to
re-up in the qualifying round in 2003. Rainer, Tim, Guga, have a
good time in Euro/African/Whatever Zone IV competition travelling
to trendy tourist destinations like Zimbabwe and Israel (don't forget
the bulletproof vest).
Australia has a long road in defending
their championship in 2004, perched in the top half of the draw
with the U.S., Russia, and the Argentine Army. The bottom half the
of the draw is up for grabs, featuring the injury-hit Spaniards,
Switzerland, France and Croatia among the favorites. So take a read,
then head to the nearest on-line bookie, and don't forget to send
us our cut when the check rolls in:
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| TEAM |
ODDS |
COMMENT |
| 1. Australia |
3-1 |
Defending champs too solid with Hewitt,
Flipper, and dubs veterans |
| 2. USA |
5-1 |
Stacked team in year-end No. 1s Roddick and Bryan brothers
hungry for a win |
| 3. Switzerland |
7-1 |
"Team Fed" can take it to the
hoop, Swiss have a cake draw |
| 4. Spain |
10-1 |
Big line-up but hit by injuries from too much play in 2003,
depth could save them |
| 5. Russia |
15-1 |
Almost the same team from 2002 title run,
but Safin still injury-prone? |
| 6. France |
15-1 |
Good draw, but seems one of their top dogs is always injured |
| 7. Croatia |
25-1 |
Ivan Ljubicic, Goran and Baby Goran could
surprise in 2004 in weak bottom half |
| 8. Czech Rep. |
40-1 |
Novak/Stepanek may shock the world over injured Spain in opener |
| 9. Argentina |
40-1 |
Injured crew, plus in brutal top half of
draw with Aussies, U.S., Russia |
| 10. Netherlands |
50-1 |
Dutch an auto win over Canada in opener, then
Spain or Czechs, no long term |
| 11. Belarus |
70-1 |
Max "The Beast" Mirnyi could
lead a shocker over Russia, but unlikely |
| 12. Morocco |
100-1 |
1Knocked Britain out of the WG, but with Younes fighting
injury, not a good look |
| 13. Romania |
120-1 |
Andrei Pavel and Victor Hanescu not keeping
any team up at night with worry |
| 14. Austria |
150-1 |
Beating Roddick and Bryan brothers too big a task for power-challenged
Austria |
| 15. Sweden |
150-1 |
Unless Enqvist and Bjorkman find their
games, could be a WG exit in 2004 |
| 16. Canada |
200-1 |
Nice upset over Brazil with no-name crew to get in WG, but
all dreams ends sometime |
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