Davis Cup: First day, first problems - starting problems for Gerard Pique & Co.
On the first day of the Davis Cup final tournament in Madrid, the organizers had to accept some minor defeats.
by Nikolaus Fink and Robert M. Frank
last edit: Nov 18, 2019, 09:56 pm
For David Haggerty, Gerard Pique and Co., the opening day of the Davis Cup in the Spanish capital of Madrid could have gone a lot better. In particular, the other than large audience interest may be the two, at least in the public chiefly responsible persons offense.
Even before the start of the first match at the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid, the first critical voices appeared on the social networks. Attention caught among other things a post office of the British sport journalist Stuart Fraser. The Times tennis correspondent spread pictures of the sparsely filled halls with about 21,000 followers via his Twitter account. Garnished with smug comments.
A Twitter user found these impressions not funny: And indeed Gerard Piqué itself After the former Belgian tennis player Filip Dewulf on Twitter had discussed the lack of interest in the match between Belgium and Colombia, Pique even spoke up on the short message service itself: "Are you sure that there are only 15 fans?", Answered the football professional of FC Barcelona with a photo of a section of a spectator-studded grandstand.
Also the French tennis player Alize Cornet remained this discussion not hidden. "Dear Gerard, I can see that you have never been to the RIGHT Davis Cup, this is not him," the 29-year-old released her displeasure with the Davis Cup reform. In general, the new mode was criticized in the network on the first day partly violent.
Another source of amazement was the advertisements on the three main coctures promoting the Shakira In Concert: El Dorado World Tour movie. The film is about the return of singer Shakira to the show stages of the world. Piquant detail: Shakira is dating since 2010 with Gerard Pique.
Furthermore, the live score display on the official Davis Cup homepage caused problems. Haggerty, Pique and Co. are looking forward to the second day of improvement, at least a full house will be taken care of on Tuesday - when Spain meets superstar Rafael Nadal on Russia.