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Thursday / March 28.
  • Davis Cup overhauled for 2019 with season-ending team event

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    NEW YORK (AP) — The Davis Cup will be decided with a season-ending, 18-team tournament beginning next year.

    The new format replaces the one in which the Davis Cup is played over four weekends throughout the year. The top team event in men’s tennis is often skipped by elite players already facing a crowded schedule.

    The changes were approved Thursday after a vote at the International Tennis Federation conference in Orlando, Florida.

    “We are very pleased the ITF member nations voted to approve the Davis Cup proposal,” the USTA said in a statement. “The new format will project Davis Cup into the 21st century and elevate tennis’ premiere annual team competition to the heights it deserves.”

    Beginning in 2019, 24 nations will compete in a home-or-away qualifying round in February, with the 12 winners advancing to the final tournament. They will be joined by the four semifinalists from the previous year, along with two wild-card teams.

    The first championship will be held Nov. 18-24, 2019, in either Madrid or Lille, France.

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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