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Hewitt Jabs Davis Cup Changes


Australia's Davis Cup pursuit ended with an opening-round loss to Germany.

That hasn't stopped Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt from taking his shots.

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The former world No. 1 Australian called out the International Tennis Federation's proposed Davis Cup changes to create a World Cup-style tournament at a neutral site.

Hewitt, who holds multiple Australian Davis Cup records including years played (18), most total wins (58-21) and most singles wins (42-14), suggested the ITF is selling out Davis Cup tradition with this tweet, "ITF have their head in the sand." Hewitt added hash tags "Tradition Over Money" and "Vote No."




Hewitt isn't the only Aussie critical of a Davis Cup format change.

"Yeah, completely against it," Australia's Alex De Minaur told the media at Indian Wells last month. "I think it's a way to ruin a competition with an amazing amount of history. I'm not for it."

Photo credit: Mark Peterson/Corleve

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