Fancy the Davis Cup? The film for the 2019 finale is now online
In 2019, the Davis Cup winner was determined for the first time as part of a final tournament in the Caja Magical in Madrid. The documentation of the final between Spain and Canada is now available to stream free of charge on the Internet.
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last edit: Nov 26, 2020, 04:53 pm
In terms of the Davis Cup, 2019 brought the greatest revolution in tennis history: For the first time, the winner of the most traditional team competition was determined within a week in tournament form, with a total of 18 teams taking part in the finals in Madrid. The colossal change in mode has been received with reservations among many players, ex-professionals, coaches and fans. The special character of the Davis Cup final was lost due to the new format: The home team determines the surface, the game is played on three days and in the best-of-five mode (the latter was already done before).
The balance sheet for the premiere in Madrid was accordingly mixed: While there were hardly any spectators in the smaller halls for the matches, the Spaniards always played in front of full stands. Also owed to the fact that Rafael Nadal went back to the Bütt for his national team after an exhausting season. The Spaniards also made it to the final, where they faced Canada led by Denis Shapovalov .
No final tournament 2020
The documentary "Break Point - A Davis Cup Story" is about exactly this final, which can be streamed free of charge on Raktuen.tv on the Internet starting Thursday, November 26th, 2020. In 2020, the final tournament was canceled early. Officially because of the corona pandemic. Unofficially, but probably also because co-organizer Gerard Piqué allegedly lost a few sponsors.
If you want to watch the well-made film: Here is the link . It should be noted that the viewers must register with Rakuten.tv (free of charge). And that the stream is only supported by Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.