• Controversial World-Cup style format starts this month• Djokovic and Federer drawn in same group for ATP FinalsDavis Cup organisers admit selling tickets for the revamped competition is proving a challenge with less than two weeks to go.
Eighteen national teams will head to Madrid for the first edition of the week-long, World Cup-style event, which begins on 18 November. The new format, which has largely replaced the traditional home-and-away fixtures, was controversially approved at last year’s International
Tennis Federation AGM despite vociferous opposition from a number of current and former players, officials and fans.