Goran Ivanisevic spoke in depth about the Davis Cup Finals in a recent interview and Croatia's side of it.
Ivanisevic said that Rafael Nadal saved the whole event and that it offered some good matches throughout the tournament.
He said though that they should install Vedran Martic as Croatia's captain and that Marin Cilic despite not playing well in Madrid, should be back among the World's elite.
"I hope Croatia will get the Davis Cup captain as soon as possible, although Ivan Ljubicic and me are not the right persons for that position at the moment," Goran Ivanisevic said. "I went to the meeting with the Federation and proposed the best possible solution.
In my opinion, the next captain should be Vedran Martic (Karen Khachanov's coach) as the players also like him. The Croatian Davis Cup Finals campaign didn't go well without Marin Cilic and with Borna Coric who was far from his best.
The positive aspect is, of course, Borna Gojo, another signal that we have to invest in the future stars. I would love to see Marin Cilic among the best players in the world again, he is way too good to stay away from that group.
It will not be easy for him to make a comeback but a competitor with his strokes should always find the way. The new Davis Cup format offered thrilling ties and a couple of great matches, also some exciting doubles rubbers.
We have to give them a couple of years to fix everything but we can say that Rafael Nadal saved the entire event."
https://twitter.com/DavisCupFinals/status/1198697039254736897?s=20
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