In an interview published in Metro UK, Britain's favorite tennis player vented his concerns about the new Davis Cup format that's introduced this year. Although Andy Murray is looking forward to the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid from November 18-24, Great Britain is only one of the 18 teams represented in the tournament.
"I’m excited and intrigued to see what it’ll be like with the new format," Murray told reporters in London on Tuesday. "I’m going to miss the atmosphere because I don’t think the atmosphere’s going to be the same as some of the home ties or the away ties that I played [during the old format]."
"The atmospheres are tough but atmospheres when I finish playing I remember, like the Belgian final and my first Davis Cup in Israel. I’m going to miss that but I love being around the team and I’m excited to see what the new format looks like and I hope the atmosphere is brilliant."
Great Britain took the Davis Cup in 2015 for the last time, Andy Murray one of the main players on the GB-squad. The Scot however has reservations about the new system that basically eliminates 'home' and 'away' matches. "That’s my one concern about it. From what I hear we’ve sold a lot of tickets and will have a decent fanbase out there. But how does that work if we get through to the quarter-finals, who has tickets for that, how many can stay? We’ll see but it’ll be interesting to see how it goes."
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