The Davis of Piqué, thus baptized in its origins, gives another turn of the screw from this Thursday until next December 5. Two years after its premiere in Madrid, where they first concentrated the Finals in a revolutionary format which broke with the traditional qualifying rounds, and after a blank edition in its record due to the pandemic, the great tennis tournament for teams returns to the scene with several corrective adjustments on the initial model. The single headquarters has been expanded to three locations, with Innsbruck and Turin next to the Spanish capital. The days have also been extended, from seven to eleven, to avoid the late-night agonies then. Madrid Arena replaces Caja Mágica, in one of those difficult decisions to understand, in a city that has specific facilities for tennis. There have even been relays in the organization chart of Kosmos, the organizing company, with Enric Rojas at the head of executive management and with Fernando Verdasco, eventually, replacing Albert Costa in the sports part. The Davis cup look for your ideal.
Down on the slopes, the drawing remains more or less the same. The first two in the world, Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev, they will fight for the salad bowl along with other relevant rackets: Andrei Rublev, Jannik Sinner, Cameron Norrie … But then there are other illustrious ones like Alexander Zverev that still deny the competition. Spain, defending its crown of 2019, also exhibits a substantial change: Carlos Alcaraz placeholder image, at 18, has entered the vacancy that leaves Rafael Nadal, architect of that success with victories in all his matches. They are not yet comparable, although we dream about it for the future. At the last minute it has also fallen Roberto Bautista, for physical problems. Those of Sergi Bruguera They are not as favorites as then, and to top it all they play in the group of the imposing Russia, but the Davis is the Davis. Also in Piqué format.