Espaa was unable to defend the Davis Cup title in 2020 as a result of the pandemic when the tournament was canceled. However, both the International Tennis Federation and Kosmos have not stopped working during this period of time to try to improve the maximum competition for countries. Always counting on the support of both the City Council and the Community of Madrid.
This Monday they have announced two very significant improvements with respect to the first final phase of the Caja Magica de Madrid. The first is that the contest goes from seven to 11 days, starting on November 25 until December 5. In this way, an agglomeration of qualifying rounds that causes endless days are avoided.
The first weekend there will be a double shift in the morning and afternoon and then a single session. Similarly, Madrid will be the main headquarters but not the only one. The capital of Spain will be the host base and where the semifinals and the final will be played. The location will be the Magic Box again.
But part of the group stage and two of the rooms will have two other venues that will come out of the proposals that Kosmos receives in a period that will close in March. Those selected will always be cities from one of the classified countries.
The teams that advance to the semifinals or that play any of the quarter-finals outside of Madrid they will have at least two days of rest and adaptation to the new conditions. The tracks will be the same, manufactured by Greenset with Javier Snchez Vicario at the top.
“In the same way, it will try to make the two other venues have a height similar to the one in Madrid“, says Albert Costa, director of the Davis Cup Finals.
Kris Dent, executive director of professional tennis at the International Tennis Federation, highlights the fact of the four days of margin that players who are contesting the Turn Masters Cup will have. “Our idea is always to improve and for the tournament to be better for the teams and for the fans. Separating on the Masters dates is a great step. We take good note of what happened in 2019 where Medvedev, although he wanted to. He could not participate because he was exhausted from the whole season. “
Dent understands at this point and remarks that it is also favorable for the ATP “because the tennis players who participate in the masters tournament will not have to think about the fatigue that the tournament can cause them thinking that Davis will come later.”
The idea of having more countries involved in the organization comes with the intention of globalizing the competition as much as possible as well as facilitating the presence of fans of more national teams. Another change that is being prepared for 2022 is to reduce the number of countries. The organization of the order of play will be much easier It will go from 18 to 16.
10 months have passed, but it should be remembered that on March 12, 2020 the six groups that will make up the final phase were already raffled. Spain, current champion, is in the A together with Russia and Ecuador.
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