Lleyton Hewitt lashes new Davis Cup format but backs Nick Kyrgios

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Lleyton Hewitt is not a fan of the new Davis Cup format, but backs his Australia team, including Nick Kyrgios, to fire at the tournament in Spain.

"It doesn't matter if we are playing marbles out there, we're going to lay everything on the line and do what we can to represent our country and make everyone back home proud.Barcelona and Spain footballer Gerard Pique's Kosmos company are behind the new event after acquiring the rights from the International Tennis Federation for the next 25 years for $4.4 billion.

Last week Roger Federer, who is not in action after Switzerland failed to qualify, said the tournament was in danger of becoming the Gerard Pique Cup.France, were highly critical of the new format at the conclusion of last year's competitionWorld number seven Alexander Zverev has also been critical and refused to take his place in the Germany team."I think Davis Cup is the most historic event that we have in tennis, which is over 100 years old, and Davis Cup is the home-and-away ties.

However, ticket sales have initially been slow despite 10 of the world's top 15 players taking part, including world number one Rafael Nadal and number two Novak Djokovic.

 

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