Canada beat Australia this Sunday in the Davis Cup final held in Malaga, a historic competition that Gerard Piqué completely transformed in 2019, introducing a series of changes that do not end up satisfying many. The dispute in fixed venues, the reduction in the number of matches and the absence of the big stars are the main arguments of the detractors of the new -and highly criticized- model, insufficient for the company of the ex-soccer player, Kosmos, who There are no plans to introduce changes in the short term.
The ‘Tennis World Cup’ does not contemplate transformations in the format of the competition because “it has come to stay”, assured the president of the International Tennis Federation, the American David Haggertyand the general director of Kosmos Tennis, the Spanish Enrique Rojasin a press conference prior to the final of the tournament played by the Canadian and Australian teams.
The new Davis brought by Gerard Piqué, 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.
“The year 2022 has been exciting and we have managed to stabilize the format. It is to stay, to remain. I do not expect any changes in the near future,” Haggerty settled. “I think that in the association that we have with the ATP we have very clear the weeks of the Davis Cup. There is not much room to change that and we do not want to change it“added the ITF president.
Enric Rojas argued: “The previous format seemed a bit confusing for the players, and we have listened to them, and that is why we have made those changes.” Although the ITF does not close the definitive door for the future: “It does not mean that at some point we cannot consider it, but we feel that the most important thing is to stabilize. The players like this: they like the two singles and the double.”
The Davis Cup game format consists of the qualifying matches of the previous round; a later group stage with 16 teams and the final stage to eight, with the quarterfinals, semifinals and final in two individual matches and one doubles to the best of three sets with a tiebreak.
