A multi-million dollar agreement between the capital of the United Arab Emirates and the Kosmos company would allow the tournament to be taken to the Middle East for five years.
Davis Cup plans to move to Abu Dhabi for five years, thanks to a billionaire deal with the capital of the United Arab Emirates to which the company Cosmos, of which the Barcelona footballer Gerard Piqué is president and which is promoter of the competitionas reported by the British newspaper The Telegraph.
Kosmos, who carried out the change of format of the Davis, with the implementation of a Finals in a single venue in Madrid 2019, would take the tournament to the Middle East, where he would remain five years, added the same source.
This year, the tournament has taken a new step forward with the establishment of three venues. Madrid will continue to be the main one, but matches will also be played in Turin (Italy), where the ATP Finals are also played, and in Innsbruck (Austria), which will have to hold its matches behind closed doors due to the incidence of COVID-19.
Kosmos promised, when it came to taking control of the Davis, a $ 3 billion investment in the next 25 years.
its proposal was not without critics, like Yannick Noah, the last Frenchman to win Roland Garros, who accused the players, organizers and the press of having sold the spirit of the competition, and more recently Alexander Zverev, who called for a change in format. (D)
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