From our special correspondent in Pau,
It was anticipated.
It's official.
France will apply to organize a pool of the final stages from September 14 to 18.
Logically beating Ecuador, they joined Croatia, Serbia and Great Britain automatically qualified (Russia, which was excluded by the ITF due to the war in Ukraine, will be replaced by a drafted country) .
These sixteen teams will be divided into four pools of four in four different cities.
The draw is set for March 24.
“We are now awaiting the specifications for this new phase of the Davis Cup,
blows the president of the FFT Gilles Moretton.
There will be 16 teams.
All countries can do it, I don't know all the criteria yet.
We are going to discover this third formula in three years.
What we know is that it will be over four days, a priori hard indoors.
There will be a match court, everything will take place on the same court, and there will be training courts.
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For the time being, Glasgow would have already positioned itself to be one of the organizing cities.
And if France is chosen to receive.
According to our information, it's very good, because the ITF has asked France on the subject.
It remains to be seen where these four days of competition will take place.
Not that easy.
“We have already asked for a call for applications from French halls able to organize this event
,
and Roland-Garros can be part of it”,
assures Gilles Moretton.
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While the competition sails on sight, the president of the FTT who had been very critical in our columns on the new Davis Cup, Kosmos version, blows about the changing formulas.
"We get the information.
Sometimes it's hard to understand everything.
We learn things, such as the drop in remuneration for players in this competition.
I repeat, there were other avenues to consider before arriving at this point.
It is a special situation.
I hope in any case that we organize the phases of the month of September.
But if one day, a think tank is created around the Davis Cup, I want to be part of it.
Incidentally, the president of the FFT confirmed that the final will take place in Abu Dhabi in November.
