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An ambitious plan to transform the tennis calendar with the sport’s first World Cup is to be considered by the top male players.
In an attempt to attract a younger audience, the biennial ten-day tournament, involving 32 teams, would feature shorter matches in which players have to watch the clock between points — and, most controversial of all, compulsory mid-match substitutions.
Although the idea for a World Cup is in its formative stages, it has already been presented to leading tennis administrators and television executives, who believe that a men-only competition would attract a larger audience.
Such a move would effectively sound the death knell for the Davis Cup, which is seen as being the victim of an ill-defined format.
Andy Murray, the British No 1, has welcomed the proposal, provided that the World Cup did not become an additional event on the hectic men’s tour.
“I am a great fan of the Davis Cup, but if a decision was taken to drop it, or something else could change in the calendar, then a World Cup is a fascinating idea,” Murray told The Times yesterday.
How it would work
The proposed biennial World Cup would feature
• A ten-day, men-only event with 32 teams in eight groups of four, 16 reaching the knockout stages.
• Each tie a single match over the best of five sets, with each nation having to field at least two players per tie — ie, enforced substitutions.
• Maximum 25sec between points.
• Tie-breaks the first to five points.
"Najbolji svjetski igrači danas nisu u mogućnosti igrati za svoje reprezentacije koliko bi to htjeli i to zato što trenutačni format natjecanja nije odgovarajući. Naš sport ide prema naprijed i zato nešto treba mijenjati. Možda je sadašnji format bio dobar prije 20 ili 30 godina, ali sada je stvarno preglomazan. "
"Danas u Davis Cupu morate igrati na tri dobivena seta u tri dana zaredom, a sigurno je da ni tjedan nakon toga, ni tjedan prije toga ne možete igrati. A to je sramota jer sam sto posto siguran da bi svaki tenisač rado igrao za svoju zemlju. Iz navedenih razloga ni ja više ne igram Davis Cup"
"Nešto ćemo morati žrtvovati. Ali, glavna je stvar da želimo poboljšati ovaj sport i učiniti igrače najvažnijima. Upravo smo zbog toga Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal i ja prije tri godine i ušli u Vijeće igrača"
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