"I am concerned about the Davis Cup" says Andy Murray on potential changes

Andy Murray expressed his doubts over the direction of the Davis Cup in an exclusive interview with journalist Reem Abulleil.

Murray discussed many topics during his sit-down with Abulleil but one particular topic troubled him the most. The Davis is going in a very unique direction that did not find much approval among current and former players. Some were more open to the changes but some flat out dismisses them. Andy Murray had his own views:

“I am concerned about the Davis Cup. I've obviously played here in Abu Dhabi and there are a lot of expats and stuff, and I feel like when I played here, my matches have always been well-attended and supported. It's been really good."

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He continued:

"But I also experienced (the Davis Cup Finals) in Spain, which is a country that loves tennis. I played the Davis Cup there a couple of years ago, we played against the Dutch, and we played against Kazakhstan and it was by far the worst atmosphere that I’ve played in the Davis Cup. I think it was the thing that made the Davis Cup standout for the players and everything and it was good for the sport."

He summed up with:

“It's not to say that you couldn’t host it here and have very good crowds, I'm not saying the stands will be empty. But it's just not the same when you don't have that partisan crowd. So yeah, I worry a bit for the Davis Cup, and for me it's not about that being in Abu Dhabi. It was a problem when it was in Spain too. I'm just skeptical about enough tennis fans traveling so like if Spain were playing Russia in the final here, would you get enough Spanish fans traveling and enough Russian fans traveling to make it here? So I think that that's the concern for me."