Barcelona Gerard Pique thrilled by World Cup of Tennis

(five:08)Barcelona defender Gerard Pique said he is excited to be the driving force behind International Tennis Federation (ITF) plans to revamp the Davis Cup. Pique's Inc., Kosmos, going to invest $three bn into the sport over the following 25 years to not only help convert the Davis Cup into the World Cup of Tennis, however too to help develop the game worldwide. "Kosmos is thrilled to join in this exciting copartnership by the ITF," Pique said in a statement issued by the organisation. "Together we could elevate the Davis Cup to Fresh heights by putting on a have to-see World Cup of Tennis Finals featuring the highest nations & highest players." The response from the wider tennis world has been mixed, by the ITF's declaration catching some by surprise & leaving others sceptical.

Davis Cup Determine for £2bn World Cup of Tennis revamp

A consortium led with Barcelona footballer Gerard Pique going to invest £two.15bn to remodel the Davis Cup tennis tournament. complete story %uD83DpercentuDC49 https://t.co/NKbCxmYHg5 pic.twitter.com/ApthQl6oMP — Davis Cup (@DavisCup) February 26, 2018What is the Fresh competition? According to the Davis Cup website, the Fresh plans going to see the World Cup of Tennis Finals played over 7 days every November in the traditional 7 days of the Davis Cup last. The winners going to take house the trophy, that going to continue be called the Davis Cup. Russia's previous Davis Cup champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov told Australian newspaper The Age that the Davis Cup changes were "terrible".

Davis Cup to morph into 18-team Tennis World Cup

referring to linked NewsIt is soappropriate which a footballer, Gerard Pique, be participate in helping the Davis Cup Turn around into tennis World Cup [they indeed call it which on their website] by all the paraphernalia of the FIFA World Cup. however the suggestion to the ITF is backed by the Chairman & chief executive officerof Rakuten, Hiroshi Mikitani, who are too sponsors of the Barcelona football team. The release more read: The ITF Board of Directors unanimously endorsed a suggestion to innovate a great Fresh annual season-ending World Cup of Tennis Finals which going to crown the Davis Cup champions. "Featuring 18 nations & played over 1 7 days in a world-class location in November, the event going to be staged by Kosmos in copartnership by the ITF," the release added. Dwight F Davis founded the Davis Cup in 1900 & France are the defending champions.

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