No home games, but away games in front of an empty crowd: the Davis Cup needs reform more urgently than ever, otherwise it is threatened with extinction. But ego battles among decision-makers characterize the fight for survival.
Tennis lovers can still get their pulses racing when they hear terms like Hartford or bullring. The six-hour battle between Boris Becker and John McEnroe in the 1987 Davis Cup was truly legendary. Years later, the German team also experienced a memorable performance when, in Valencia in 2018, the Spanish spectators, where matadors are usually seen, carried their team around Rafael Nadal to a quarter-final victory. This spectacle came at an era in which the old Davis Cup was making its last gasp. Between 2014 and 2016, the greats Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Juan Martín del Potro led their selections from Switzerland, Great Britain and Argentina to triumphs.
2023-09-15 13:23:17
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