Andy Murray believes the new-look Davis Cup deserves a chance and support from all tennis enthusiasts around the world. The new format has a total of 18 teams competing for the title in Madrid, Spain. The teams are in 6 groups with the top in every group booking a chance in the quarterfinals. Furthermore, the two best runners-up will progress to the knock out stages of this competition.
The tournament matches will use the best of three match format. There will be two singles matches, and one doubles match.
Unlike other tennis players such as Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev, the Scot is confident this new format will be a success. The new changes were put in place by Kosmos, Gerard Pique’s investment company. His company acquired the rights of funding and controlling the Davis Cup tournament for the next 25 years.
“I respect that Pique is trying to do so something new and different in tennis. Tennis is not always the easiest to make changes in, and this is a big change. I hope it goes really well because, if it does, that’s fantastic fir tennis,” Andy Murray said.
Andy Murray calls for patience with the Davis Cup
Andy Murray criticized those individuals whose intentions and desire is to have the Davis Cup fail. He desires to see both tennis players and fans support this new format fully by giving it a chance.
“The players and all of those fans need to try to give it a chance to see how it goes, and I think we’ll have a better idea after the tournament is finished,” he said.
Murray is a Davis Cup winner
Murray is not an amateur in this competition. He won the 2015 Davis Cup title with Great Britain by beating Belgium in the final. Perhaps he will see to it that Great Britain replicates the feat achieved by the class of 2015 in this competition.
The Scot is one of the major reason behind Great Britain’s qualification into this showpiece. His power ranking was crucial in booking a slot in this tournament for the 2015 Davis Cup winners.
The Davis Cup finals kicked off on Monday, and it will go all the way till Sunday. The Caja Magica Stadium in Madrid will hold all the matches, which is a notable change from the previous years. The tournament used to be played in different countries under three days. This shift from the usual format playing format has faced severe criticism.
Andy Murray’s ranking and performance in 2019
Ranked no.126, Andy played his last match on the 20th of October when he beat Stan Wawrinka 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the final in Antwerp to win his 46th career title.
This year the Brit has a 12-8 win-loss record. The Brit clinched 1 title in Antwerp.
Andy Murray |
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