By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, November 25, 2024
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Davis Cup will resume one esteemed tradition, but has no plans to go the distance.
The 2025 Davis Cup format will return to the traditional home-and-away ties in the September stage moving away from the current four-group stage events played last September.
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However, International Tennis Federation President David Haggerty said there no plans for Davis Cup to resume best-of-five set matches.
Meeting the media in Malaga, Spain prior to Italy’s victory over The Netherlands in the Davis Cup final yesterday, Haggerty said there two main reasons why Davis Cup will continue to contest best-of-three-set matches:
1. Many players and captains have requested best-of-three sets, particularly at the end of a long and grueling season. 2. Best-of-three set matches can be just as compelling as best-of-five sets, the ITF…
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