Q. Todd and James, this week of prep, your practices, have you been focusing more on just playing doubles, or have you been playing a fair amount of singles in case something happens and you get into the singles, or one of you might get into the singles?

TODD MARTIN: Beauty before age (smiling).

JAMES BLAKE: Well, I think first we just have to get used to the movement on grass. Because like Pete said, it's a unique surface. Just got to get in our footing and you got to stay a lot lower. So we worked on that and just doing a lot of movement things. Then we played some doubles. I think today we'll get out there and probably play some more doubles and try to get ready to contribute to the team as best we can. I think in this situation, it's on the doubles court.

TODD MARTIN: I feel like especially on grass courts, singles and doubles is not as different as on other surfaces. So in practicing our singles games, we're also practicing the primary aspects that we need to work on for our doubles, and vice versa. So I think we're both pretty well-prepared. And it will be fun the next couple days to have a little bit more doubles practice just to get used to seeing the shadow of his head.

Q. Of James' head?

TODD MARTIN: Yeah (laughter).

Q. Patrick, I know you can't do anything about the draw, but do you think in one sense it's worked out to your benefit, coming up against a player who has never played Davis Cup before?

CAPTAIN PATRICK McENROE: You know, I wasn't really that concerned about the draw, to be honest. With these two guys playing and playing well, it doesn't, to me, matter that much which one of them plays first. They're both in great shape, they're both looking confident and playing well. So, sure, I mean, the fact that Robredo hasn't played a live match could be a factor. But I think more of a factor will be who he's playing against, you know. And that's how I look at it. I don't worry too much about things I can't control. So the things that we've been able to control is practicing hard and preparing and getting as much court time. And we've done that, and now we're ready.

Q. James, do you have a rebuttal to Todd's comment?

JAMES BLAKE: Yeah, sure. I think he shouldn't really be making head jokes. Mine is just my hair (laughter). I'm not going to ask him why he's got the long face.

TODD MARTIN: James comes up with all his own material, too (smiling).

JAMES BLAKE: I'll be here all week.