(London) Tennis player Stan Wawrinka tackled the former organizer of the Davis Cup, the company Kosmos of former footballer Gerard Piqué, on Tuesday while filming the almost empty stands of Manchester, where Switzerland faces France in the tournament phase. groups.
“Thank you Gerard Piqué and the ITF,” he wrote ironically, in English, in a message on X (formerly Twitter) accompanied by a video showing the almost deserted stands of the AO Arena in Manchester (13,000 places), before the start of the duel against the French on Tuesday.
Le Vaudois accompanied its publication with a smiley angry and with a “lol” which leaves no possible ambiguity.
Investment group Kosmos, chaired by former FC Barcelona player Gerard Pique, transformed the Davis Cup format from 2019, a year after securing 25-year organizing rights from the International Federation tennis (ITF).
The popular home and away duels were notably abandoned. The new formula struggled to convince and the ITF decided to terminate the contract at the start of 2023, without changing the format for the current season.
