Lleyton Hewitt The former Australian World Number 1 and captain of the Australian Davis Cup team criticized the new format of the tournament. davis cup After losing to Canada in the final. The Davis Cup was won by Canada for the first time in history in a 2-0 undisputed win over Australia. this also meant that the doubles match that was scheduled as a decision maker was no longer valid.
As in the final, Hewitt pointed to format issues where the doubles team wouldn’t even have a chance to prove themselves if they lost both singles games. The Dutch drew attention to the example of the world’s No. 1 doubles player. Wesley Koolhof The Netherlands did not get a chance to participate as they lost both a single against Australia in the quarters a week ago.
As he was quoted, “Everyone already knows how I feel about this format. Seeing what happened this week, I feel sorry for couples from the Netherlands, for example. One of the best in the world and unable to participate in one spot.“
He talked about the problems in the system and the fact that the historical tennis tournament was not conducted as it should, and continued as follows:They came after doing a great job before and were unable to play in the so-called ‘final’. The concept of competition is flawed and no one is listening. We just put in patches but couldn’t find any real solutions to Davis Cup’s problems.” (Translated via Google, source: we love tennis)
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Canada makes history with Davis Cup
Canada ended their drought in the tennis world cup by beating Australia 2-0. Denis Shapovalov defeated Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-2,6-4 and then Felix Auger Aliassime defeated Alex De Minaur 6-3,6-4. Shapovalov was clinical from start to finish, as he only broke once in the entire match. Kokkinakis, who is 95th in the singles rankings, could not keep up with Canada’s 18th place in the World.
Felix Auger Aliassime – Alex De Minaur was a bit more competitive compared to the first singles match, but Felix kept the mentality of rescuing 8 timeouts and stopping the Australian Number 24 World’s chance to advance. As a result, Canada did not break even once in the entire world No. 6 match.
Almost the same Canadian team lost in the Davis Cup finals against Spain (0-2), probably the best Davis cup player in 2019, Rafael Nadal. Shapovalov lost singles to Nadal in the opening game that year, so this victory would have been sweet for the Canadians and especially for Shapovalov.
The United States is the most successful team in Davis cup history with 32 wins. Second, Australia dominated the tournament with 15 wins in 18 years in the 1950s and 1960s. Total points 28 wins. France and England share third place with 10 wins. Russia won the latest 2021 edition.
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