Following the vote overnight by the ITF to dramatically change the format of the Davis Cup Neale Fraser, President of the Australian Davis Cup Tennis Foundation said:
“This is a desperately sad day for all of tennis – for past and present players, for the countless thousands of passionate tennis supporters and, most of all, for the Australian tennis players of the future who will no longer have the opportunity to represent their country in front of a passionate home crowd.”
“We have been beaten by money-grabbing officials and by Johnny-come-lately billionaires with little background or knowledge of the sport, no understanding of it’s history and no acknowledgment of the importance of Davis Cup to the ongoing development of tennis.”
“We would like to acknowledge and thank Tennis Australia for voting ‘no’ to the proposal, unfortunately it wasn’t enough to stop it being adopted.”
“We will advise members and supporters of the Foundation of the details of how the new competition will work as details are made available.”
