The swiss Stan Wawrinka and Gerard Piqué They had it on social media because of the Davis Cup. The Swiss man complained about the poor attendance of fans in one of the qualifiers in which he participated for his country.
They shared Group B with Great Britain, Australia and France, three great classics of this competition, in Manchester, a city focused on its national team, not so much on other confrontations. A general trend in other areas.
Novak Djokovicwho was present in Valencia with Serbia, requested that any changes be consulted with the players, which he considered not enough heard since the Kosmos Group of Gerard Pique to create a world team championship, which was changed until the International Tennis Federation (ITF) decided to part with the former footballer’s company and take back the reins from 2023. The future of cross-complaints will be decided in court.
The Australian Mark Woodfordeone of the greatest doubles players in history, chairs the Davis Cup Committee, the body within the ITF that oversees this competition.
“I saw some of the comments you made Djokovic and I think that was the intention of the ITF and the Davis Cup Committee from the beginning, to consult with the players,” Woodforde assured Reuters news agency.
Although, he warned, “The ITF is not necessarily an organization focused on a few players. The ATP is more player-oriented, the ITF or the Davis Cup is about teams and countries and that is also a priority for the Committee of the Davis. cup”.
The Australian Woodforde He emphasized that going from the old format of having five best-of-five-set matches in three days to the current format of best-of-three-set matches is a big change.
“Sometimes when you make a change, it takes a while to adjust. I don’t think we have any clear moment to do it because we introduced these changes with the support of the players and the national associations, but then “Covid has hit. It’s not just the Davis Cup, it’s affected the world of tennis and many sports,” warned the champion of 17 Grand Slam tournaments.
“We went through that and our relationship Cosmos ended and I don’t think we have a solid path that we all thought and planned for. We are taking up the issue, we have had reviews even in recent years since we proposed the change in format,” he said.
Regarding the presence of fans, Mark Woodforde was recognized, who made a historic pair with Todd Woodbridge, “I think the Davis Cup is probably judged more on days when the host country isn’t playing. When it happens, the response is incredible.”
Source: La Verdad
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