On Wednesday honored were the former heroes once again duly. On the occasion of the first triumph of a German tennis team in the Davis Cup, the players of the time a good 30 years were later in Frankfurt am Main than any amount of applause and many warm words to look forward to. In 1988, defeated Boris Becker, Carl-Uwe Steeb, Eric Jelen and Patrik Kühnen Sweden in Gothenburg 4:1 in a memorable Moment in the German tennis history.
in the Meantime, the Davis Cup has lost much of its former glory. This is true not only for Germany, but is a worldwide Trend. A Reform of the competition was therefore overdue, but what happened in this year, many in the tennis scene too far. It all starts this weekend, still quite innocent with a qualifier in only slightly modified Form. The German team of Alexander Zverev and Philipp Kohlschreiber hits on Friday and Saturday in Frankfurt to Hungary. Anything other than a victory for the selection of team boss Michael Kohlmann would be a Sensation. Three victories in a total of four single and a double are needed. It is, however, played only two sets, on Saturday, the two remaining single to follow on the double directly.
What comes after the first round, is for many still a mystery. The fact is: With a victory, the Germans for the final week to qualify 18 Teams in November in Madrid. An investment company to the former Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué, wants to be in the next 25 years, a guaranteed three billion euros in the competition. For more home and away games as in the past no longer exists for the individual Nations after the coming weekend accordingly. Much to the displeasure of the German Tennis Federation (DTB), which would have held the Davis Cup in its traditional Form. “You have to give every new thing a Chance,” Boris Becker diplomatically. However, the chief of the German men’s tennis also says: “the key is how to take the player.”
date of issues: Alexander Zverev has already announced that the finals will not participate
Here is a fiasco threatens the all-new Davis Cup. A Alexander Zverev has already announced that the finals will not participate because the takes place immediately after the ATP Finals, and the top players need some time holiday. So think like him, many other Stars. The new Davis Cup might be in spite of the high price of money in order to Flop. “The Format is an absurd idea. So one of the best competitions will be ruined,“ says Günter Bresnik, was the long-time team Manager of the Austrian Davis Cup team and now Dominic Thiem trained.
And it is even more drastic: The former German team chief Niki Pilic said it was a “scandal”, and described the future of the Format as a “Reform of Tennis-illiterate”. The Australian Lleyton Hewitt does not find the mode, simply ridiculous and said: “I am not at all agree.”
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All protests remained unheard. Ultimately, the promised billions of curls, the Tradition remains on the track, only a side aspect. “The money is not allowed to control the Sport just in the extent”, says Günter Bresnik. However, this is already the case. That the world of tennis Federation ITF, and the players ‘ Union ATP represented different interests, makes it even worse. Will held the “on the backs of the players,” warns Boris Becker. The Davis Cup makes you a hero, in the near future, therefore, rather unlikely.
