Tuesday, 4 February 2014 00:30
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REUTERS: Germany’s Davis Cup captain Carsten Arriens was booed and jeered by home fans in Frankfurt on Sunday despite leading his team to an emphatic 4-1 defeat of five-times champions Spain.
A hero the previous day after his decision to partner Tommy Haas and Philipp Kohlschreiber in the doubles rubber worked a treat, Arriens was left to face the wrath of the fans in the Fraport Arena after only one of the dead rubbers was played.
Having built a 3-0 lead in the first two days of the World Group first round tie, Haas, Kohlschreiber and Florian Mayer were all ruled out with various injuries on Sunday.
It meant fans who paid as much as 65 eurosfor Sunday tickets were left with only a meaningless match between Daniel Brands and Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut, who afterwards admitted he had “zero motivation” during his 7-6 6-4 defeat.
Kohlschreiber, who won two points for his side over the weekend, gave Feliciano Lopez a walkover while Haas, who hurt his shoulder at the Australian Open, had already made it clear that he would not play singles in the tie.
Mayer also hurt his shoulder beating Lopez on Friday.
