Davis Cup: The prodigal son returns
The Latvian Tennis Union has announced that Ernests will play in the upcoming Davis Cup tie against Bulgaria, according to the Latvian news portal, esports.lv.
This reverses Ernests’ earlier decision to skip this tie, which was announced in May by Ģirts Dzelde, the team captain.
This tie will be played on 10-12 July in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on outdoor red clay.
On Monday, Ernests will join his teammates – Deniss Pavlovs, Andis Juška, Kārlis Lejnieks and Adrians Žguns – in Plovdiv, after which the four-member squad will be officially named.
Ernests last played in the Davis Cup during the Group I relegation tie against Italy last year.
He won both of his singles matches but Latvia was unable to score another point against a formidable Italian team and was demoted to Group II in 2009.
Ernests’ teammates, however, did not miss him in their first-round tie against Moldova earlier this year after easily whitewashing their opponents 5-0 for a spot in the second round.
Bulgaria is touted to be a step up from Moldova, with wunderkind Grigor Dimitrov amongst their ranks.
However, the 18 year-old Dimitrov suffered a grave knee injury in his first-round match at Wimbledon last week and it is unlikely that he will be able to compete in the tie.
Latvia defeated Bulgaria easily the last time they played against each other, but that tie was played on fast carpet in Jūrmala, giving Latvia the advantage of surface and home support.
The winning nation from next weekend’s tie will progress to the third round in September, where they will meet either Lithuania or Slovenia for a spot in Group I of the Europe/Africa Zone in 2010.
Ernests will then take a week off as he makes his way to the USA for the hardcourt Indianapolis Tennis Championships, which begins on 19 July.
I think that is a good move by Ernests. He will get couple matches in before returning to hard courts in the USA. Go Latvia
Good News indeed ! He needs a little bit of practice now you know
Go Ernie ! Go TEam Latvija ! Sarauj !
Awe! I’m glad he is playing Davis Cup. It was deffinatly unexspected.
& I like the picture you used for this entry Z
Good Work Ernie and he will play during his like 4 weeks off…YAY!!
3 weeks to be more precise. It’s like sandwich for him
1 week of rest, couple of days playing for his National team and again, 1 week of rest 
A Davis Cup sandwich, I like
If the prodigal son returns, who’s gonna kill the fatted calf?
Dzelde, probably
can someone translate this:
Pelnošāko sportistu brāļi un māsas arī sporto.
Pēc tenisista Ernesta Gulbja zaudējuma Vimbldonas zālāja laukumā, 26. jūnijā uz zāliena kāpa arī viņa brālis Kristaps Gulbis. Tiesa, tas nebija tenisa, bet gan “Ozo golfa kluba” laukums, kur risinājās LMT Latvijas Amatieru čempionāts golfā. Ko sportā sasnieguši mūsu pelnošāko sportistu brāļi un māsas?
Kristaps Gulbis, kurš nesen Latvijā atgriezies no studijām Maiami, ASV, golfa sacensībās Latvijā startēja pirmo reizi, lai gan, cik var spriest no internetā atrodamās informācijas, ASV viņš šur tur piedalījies. “Amerikā ir forši. Daudz golfa laukumu. Golfu spēlēju aptuveni gadu, tikai pēdējā mēneša laikā nav sanācis uzspēlēt,” viņš atzina.
“VZ” novēroja, ka līdz pirmajai bedrītei Gulbis tika ar pieciem sitieniem, ko var uzskatīt par viduvēju rezultātu. Arī kopvērtējuma tabulā slavenā sportista brālis bija atrodams beigu daļā. Iespējams, savu lomu nospēlēja arī laika apstākļi. Pūta spēcīgs austrumu vējš, kas šajā golfa laukumā ir visneizdevīgākais. Kā atzina golfa entuziasts, ekspremjers Vilis Krištopans, kurš arī piedalījās sacensībās, pūšot dienvidu vai ziemeļu vējam, palaikam sanāk sist tieši pa vai pret vēju, bet austrumu vējš, kas pūš no ezera, ne reizi vien aizpūš bumbiņu sāņus. Starp citu, pats Vilis Krištopans ieguva septīto vietu, bet viņa dēls Kristaps – ceturto.
It talks about Kristaps and the Latvian Amateur Golf Championships. He just came back from Miami – I think he attends high school there – and if I read it correctly, he said that he played a lot of golf while in the States. Nothing terribly exciting, I’m afraid.
Ok thank you (:
I once read that he attends a golf academy in florida. don’t know if that’s true though
Saddlebrook, yeah.
so he’s aspiring to becoming a pro golfer?
is anyone going to the tie? Photos would be much appreciated
thanks,
Go Erniee
i would love that too.
photos, photos!!!
GO LATVIA!!
GO ERNIE!!