08-16-2018, 07:23 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/45210996 Controversial proposals to revamp the Davis Cup and turn it into a season-ending 18-team event have been backed by national tennis federations.
A two-thirds majority among the 140 nations was needed at the International Tennis Federation's (ITF) annual general meeting.
The 25-year £2.15bn plan - funded by an investment group led by footballer Gerard Pique - will start in 2019.
"Sometimes things have to change, or they have the risk to die," said Pique.
The Davis Cup, which was founded in 1900, has been played in the current format since 1981.
Okay, I'm torn on this. On the one hand, this makes more of an event of it than the current format does. On the other, why on Earth are they putting it at the end of the season
? The top players still won't play, because they'll be tired after the ATP World Tour Finals. Put it in March or April instead. There isn't a major box-office tournament in that slot at all. (Okay, there's the Indian Wells and Miami Masters, but who really cares about those other than dedicated tennis fans?)