The players of the Mexican Davis Cup team have given up on playing against Taiwan next weekend in the first round of the World Groupdue to differences in the National Federation, as explained on social networks.
“After a difficult deliberation and several attempts to communicate with the Mexican Federation in the search for the best performance of the team, no positive conclusion was reached, and therefore we decided not to participate in the next series” explained the players.
Santiago González, number 25 in the world in doubles, and Ernesto Escobedoa Mexican born in the United States located at 320 in the ATP, led the group of rebels with Alejandro Hernández, Lucas Gómez, Hans Hach Verdugo, Gerardo López Villaseñor, Miguel Reyes and Manuel Sánchez.
The group commented that it is always an honor and pride for them to represent the country around the world, especially in the Davis Cup, but the federation does not meet the minimum standards in treatment and planning.
Mexico, which reached the Davis Cup final in 1962, when it lost to Australia, He reached the quarterfinals in 1986 and 1987, but since then he has been away from the limelight. and against Taiwan they will have a tough challenge due to the presence of better ranked players in the Asian squad.
Chun Hsin Tseng, 110 in the world, Tung Lin Wu (174) and Yu Hsiou Hsu (198) are the main figures of the Taiwanese team.
“We are in the best disposition to cooperate in the optimal planning of the future series of national representatives“, concluded the statement.
The series will be held at the clay court of La Asunción sports club, in MetepecState of Mexico, at more than 2,600 meters above sea level.
Source: La Verdad
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