Canada beat Australia on Sunday in the final of the Davis Cup played in Malaga, a historic competition that Gerard pricks completely transformed in 2019, introducing a series of changes that do not end up satisfying many. The contestation of fixed venues, the reduction in the number of matches and the absence of big stars are the main arguments of the detractors of the new – and much criticized – model, insufficient for the company of the ex-footballer, Kosmos, which There are no plans to introduce changes in the short term.
The ‘Tennis World Cup’ does not envisage changes in the format of the competition because “it came to stay”, assured the president of the International Tennis Federationthe american David Haggertyand the general manager of Kosmos Tennis, the Spaniard Enric Rojasduring a press conference before the tournament final played by the Canadian and Australian teams.
The new Davis brought by Gerard Pique, through his company Kosmos, is a type of tennis tournament that will remain unchangedat least “in the short term” because “it works for the fans, for the players, and certainly for tennis,” they said.
“2022 has been an exciting year and we’ve managed to stabilize the format. It’s here to stay, here to stay. I don’t expect any changes in the near future,” Haggerty said. “I think in the partnership we have with the ATP We are very clear on the weeks of the Davis Cup. There’s not much room to change that and we don’t want to change it.added the President of the FIT.
Enric Rojas said: “The previous format seemed a bit confusing for the players, and we listened to them, and that’s why we made these changes.” Even if the ITF does not definitively close the door in the future: “That does not mean that at some point we cannot consider it, but we believe that the most important thing is to stabilize. The players like it: they like the two singles and the double.”
The Davis Cup format of play includes qualifying matches from the previous round; a subsequent group stage with 16 teams and the final stage with eight, with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final in two individual matches and a double best-of-three sets with a tiebreaker.
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