There is more at stake in the new ATP Cup than $15m in prize money and 750 ranking points for the world’s best players. The real prize for the backers of the 24-country competition, which launches the 2020 season in three cities across Australia over the next 10 days, is the soul of tennis.
There will be sceptics lining up to see it fail, of course. They will point out it is an innovation too far, coming less than two months after the revamped Davis Cup, which used an eerily similar format for 18 finalists and which was marketed as the World Cup of Tennis.
Written by Kevin Mitchell
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jan/01/atp-cup-tennis under the title “Three cities, VAR and a $15m prize – ATP Cup prepares for launch | Kevin Mitchell”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
