The final phase of the Davis Cup 2021 is the last that brings together 18 teams. Starting in 2022, participation will be reduced to 16 national teams.
The two finalists this Sunday at the Madrid Arena will have a direct ticket to the next fight for the title. In 2019 Spain, the current champion, and Canada benefited from this..
The change in format of the maximum competition by countries with the arrival of Kosmos also brought a Davis Cup Committee made up of members of the International Tennis Federation and the new organizer.
This is responsible, among other things, decide the two teams invited to the next edition. In 2021 it was Serbia and France since in 2020 the competition was not held due to the pandemic.
It will be this Sunday, coinciding with the final, when the wild cards will be announced. The tennis World Cup, after two years in Madrid, fly out of Spain.
The best positioned city to see the best rackets is Abu Dhabi, the capital of the Arab Emirates. The exhibition baptized with the name of Mubadala is already organized there and last season there was a successful WTA tournament of category 500.
The teams classified from position 3 to 18 will be forced to play a ‘playoff’ except for the two guests.
In the qualifying phase there will also be the eight winners of the World Group I qualifying rounds with a better ranking. The remaining four with the worst classification will meet each other next November so that only two agree to fight to be in the final phase.
The capital of Spain says goodbye to Davis after two editions with two different venues such as the Caja Mgica and the Madrid Arena.
The management has innovated in 2021 with a triple venue for the group stage and quarter-finals. The Alpitour in Turn, where the ATP Masters Cup was played, and the Olympia World in Innsbruck, have shared the stars of the tense sky. Spain, the best team of the 21st century, awaits an invitation to be in 2022.
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