with more than 71% of the votes, in Florida, United States, approved the new format of the Davis Cup, which will be implemented from the year 2019 and is dispu Tara in one week (to be defined) in the months of November, when the season closed.
Immediately, the federations, captains and former players manifested by the new decision, having in the middle to the Barcelona player, Gerard Piqué, one of those responsible for the investor group Kosmos, who scored this new idea, from criticism of several professionals.
However, some representatives did not see it as the “future” and ask that you review this modification of the tournament which has been 118 years of dispute. The first to appear was Judy Murray, mother of tennis player Andy Murray, who shared a photo on his Twitter account, on which you can see a tombstone with writing: “here lies the Cup Davis 1900 – 2018”.
On the other hand, the former No. 1 in the world between 2001 and 2003, Lleyton Hewitt, also raised the voice, through his role as captain of the Australia team. The player said that “this is an aberration” for the world of tennis, and then his Association issued a statement in this regard.
“Reform is vital for competition, but this removes much of what makes the Davis Cup unique and special, mainly with matches home and away which brought to the elite of tennis to many fans around the world,” sentenced from Tennis Australia After stating that they are “extremely disappointed” with the decision.
The Argentina Tennis Association participated in the meeting, with the presence of Vice President Mariano Zabaleta and Marian Morea vowel. The AAT itself issued a statement which confirmed its position supporting the initiative of the football player and company.
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