Davis Cup > Hewitt, captain of Australia, beaten by Canada in the final: “The concept of competition is wrong and no one is listening. We have not found real solutions to the problems of the Davis Cup”

Inevitably very disappointed after Australia’s defeat against Canada in the Davis Cup final on Sunday, Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt regretted, in a post-match press conference, the old format of the Davis Cup where doubles were of decisive importance, which is no longer the case in the case where a team wins its first two matches in singles.

“Everyone already knows my feelings about this formula. Seeing what happened this week, I feel sorry for the pair of doubles from the Netherlands, for example. One of the best in the world and who could not participate in a single point. They came after doing a great job before and in the so called ‘final’ they couldn’t play. The concept of competition is wrong and no one is listening. We only put patches, but we did not find real solutions to the problems of the Davis Cup “said the former world number one in a press conference, he who won this competition twice as a player (1999 and 2003).

Posted on Sunday, November 27, 2022 at 7:19 PM