Hewitt attacks the Davis Cup format again: "It's stupid"

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Lleyton Hewitt is not the biggest fan of the new format of the 2024 Davis Cup. Since Kosmos revolutionized the event's structure through Federation votes, the Australian has positioned himself as one of the main detractors of the new Davis Cup, despite always leading Australia to great performances in events like last year's final. This season, they also managed to qualify for Málaga without their number one player, Alex de Miñaur, but even that doesn't exempt the group stage from receiving criticism from an quite upset Lleyton.

"We had several of our guys practically shattered this week, things only our dressing room knows. It would have been very easy for some of my guys not to come here this week, but they did, they put on the green and gold and did everything I asked of them. I am very proud of them. It's not easy to ask the players to compete two days after a Grand Slam ends. In the old format, I also had to do it, but you had until Friday to rest; now you have to play on Tuesday, it's ridiculous. But that's the stupid part of this format, right? I can keep saying it, but the format is what it is, and we will do what we have to do to progress and give ourselves the opportunity to lift the title," stated the Australian after qualifying for the quarterfinals.

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