• ‘I don’t think the two events can coexist six weeks apart’•
Novak Djokovic beats Yoshihito Nishioka in Davis Cup singlesNovak Djokovic, who credits winning the Davis Cup with Serbia in 2010 as the turning point in his career, says the sport’s 119-year-old competition should one day merge with the new ATP Cup, which starts in Australia in January.
Speaking after beating Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka in the revamped competition here, he said: “Scheduling was always an issue for both the ATP Cup and Davis Cup. An idea – that could happen – was to merge the two. I think it’s still open for the future. Looking long-term, I don’t think that the two events can coexist six weeks apart. It’s just a bit too congested.